In the spring of 2020, the life of 39-year-old Katrina Coleman was tragically cut short in a hail of gunfire. On the afternoon of May 11th, a Monday, she was discovered inside her wrecked green 1997 Infiniti on Webb Drive in Clayton County, a suburban area of metropolitan Atlanta. Her car was riddled with bullets, and she had sustained four gunshot wounds.
Despite being rushed to a nearby hospital, she was pronounced dead.
Investigators at the scene recovered a significant amount of evidence, including 25 9 mm shell casings scattered outside the vehicle, painting a grim picture of the violence that had unfolded. According to witnesses, just five minutes before the fatal shooting, Coleman had driven a woman to a local Hardee's and back. A woman who had called the police reported hearing yelling outside her home, which was quickly followed by the sound of multiple gunshots. When she looked outside, she saw Coleman's car rolling down the street before it came to a stop in a ditch. It was also reported that Coleman had been on a date earlier that day with someone she had met online.
Within three days, law enforcement authorities made an arrest in connection with the homicide. Rondriecko Armond Nash, a 36-year-old man from Ellenwood with a criminal history that included several thefts and firearm-related convictions, was taken into custody. He was charged with malice murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Nash was subsequently booked into the Clayton County Jail and held without bond. At the time of his arrest, investigators had not publicly disclosed the nature of the relationship between Nash and Coleman or a possible motive for the deadly shooting.
