A young American couple have been allegedly killed by unidentified gunmen. Their bodies were left ridden with bullet wounds but their three year old baby was much unhurt in the same car with the dead parents.
The deceased couple and their child
A young American couple namely Anthony Joseph Costner, 24 and wife, Catherine Amanda Costner, 22 were shot dead while driving out of their house in the middle of the night.
They carried their 3-year old child with them in the vehicle. They both sustained fatal bullet wounds while the little child was unhurt.
The young couple were found dead in a car in the early hours of Thursday August 6th at the 3700 Block near Sharon Drive in Powder Springs, Georgia by police officers. The car was found in a ditch with its headlight still on.
According to Catherine's mother, Cynthia Quinn, her daughter was called by someone she knew in the middle of the night needing help.
"When they went to help these people, for whatever reason, a gun was pulled and my son-in-law and my daughter are now dead. Her husband was shot in the face, the head and the hand. She was shot in the stomach, all in front of my granddaughter,” Quin said.
The crime is currently being investigated by the police.