Spring Break
'Dangerous suspect' found dead: UGA Alert system notifies students
CAREY O'NEIL
Issue date: 11/6/09 Section: News
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University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said decisions to activate the alert are not taken lightly.
"The information we get in the beginning, lots of times people think it's good information, but we find later that it wasn't. That's why we try to be so careful in the information we give to the public, so we don't create a situation," he said. "UGA Alert was put out with that information so students could make whatever lifestyle changes they'd need to make."
According to Athens-Clarke County Police, suspect Michael Wise, 25, shot and killed himself after police stopped his car in Oglethorpe County about 3:30 p.m.
Wise is accused of killing Kendra Borders, 20, whose body was found in a parked car in the parking lot of the Shoppes of South Athens on South Milledge Avenue. She died of multiple gunshot wounds.
"They had some kids together, so we're classifying it as a domestic violence murder-suicide," Athens-Clarke County Police Chief Clarence Holeman said.
Holeman said his department was alerted at 2 p.m. about the shooting after the suspect's brother told police the suspect claimed he killed an unspecified person. Police then began scouring parking lots, soon finding the body.
Several people working at stores in the plaza said they heard nothing and were unaware of the shooting until police approached them with questions.
"I was here all day and I didn't hear anything. I didn't see anything," said Don Williamson, manager of Elements Art Supply. "It looks like I would have heard something."
University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said after the body was found, his office was contacted by Athens-Clarke County police at 2:27 p.m. requesting help containing the suspect, who was reported to be at the University Golf Course. Within two minutes, University Police were on the scene.
