Victims in deadly Cobb County domestic shooting identified

1 dead, 1 injured after Laurel Creek Trail shooting

Atlanta police say a domestic dispute escalated into a shooting on Tuesday night. A woman is dead, a man is injured and another man is under arrest. This is a breaking news story. Marc Teichner reporting from the scene. 

COBB COUNTY, Ga. - Police arrested a man Tuesday night after a domestic dispute escalated into a deadly shooting on Laurel Creek Trail that left one woman dead and another man hospitalized.

What we know:

Officers responded to a home on Laurel Creek Trail just before 8 p.m. Tuesday to investigate reports of a person shot. According to the Cobb County Police Department, officers found 23-year-old Jason Wrzesien who had been shot. Emergency crews Jason to a local hospital for medical treatment. 

Officers also discovered 57-year-old Sheetal Wrzesien inside the home who had been shot, but Shital did not survive her wounds. 

Authorities took another man into custody at the scene without serious incident. Investigators confirmed this was a domestic violence incident and there is no danger to the public. 

Police identified the attacker as 56-year-old Kirk B. Wrzesien of Smyrna. He was the husband of Shital Wrzesien and the father of Jason Wrzesien. 

Kirk faces charges of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He is currently being held without bond at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center.

What we don't know:

Investigators have not yet confirmed what specific circumstance led to the deadly gunfire inside the family home. Authorities have also not released an update on the current medical condition of the surviving son.