Woman dead from gunshot, son injured during same incident

By Mark Woolsey

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Cobb police say a woman is dead and her son is recovering from gunshot wounds after Tuesday night gunfire in the Smyrna area. Police were called to the 17-hundred block Laurel Creek Trail shortly before 8 p.m. and found a 23-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound, police said. He’s identified as Jason Wrzesien. Police also found a  57-year-old woman, Shital Wrzesien, who had been shot to death. She was the mother of Jason, police say.

A 56-year-old man was arrested without incident at the scene and faces one count of felony  murder and two counts of aggravated assault, as well as a firearms charge.   He’s  being held without bond at the Cobb County jail.