Mother of 5 shot and killed in front of her own family, police say

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MARIETTA, Ga. — Police have captured the suspect they say shot and killed a mother of five in front of her own family.

"He stood right there and he looked me dead in my face and unloaded the gun again on her," said the victim's mother, Gloria Blaylock.

Marietta police told Channel 2's Carl Willis Justin Cox, 40, shot and killed Felicia Miller in a driveway on Pin Oak Court. Relatives say Cox, a convicted felon came off a porch and walked up to the car firing the deadly shots through a window.

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"I ran to my dad and my mom. I couldn't get in the house fast enough," said the victim's sister, Tenisha Miller.

On Monday night, a joint task force made up of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, Cobb County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit and the Atlanta Police Department apprehended Cox.

Channel 2 Action News has learned the task force reported that Cox had been seen at 2100 Campbellton Road in Atlanta. He was taken into custody without incident.