A statement from the Marietta Police Department confirms Justin Cox was arrested Monday night in Atlanta on charges of homicide murder, possession of a firearm during a crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Authorities launched a brief manhunt for Cox Sunday afternoon, claiming he fled moments after allegedly shooting his ex-girlfriend, Felicia Miller, 34, multiple times as she sat in her parked car.
Police say the killing stemmed from a “domestic dispute.”
Officers were called to the scene shortly after 4 p.m. on Saturday, according to the police statement. They arrived to find Miller “sitting in a parked 2007 Dodge Charger in the driveway” of a Marietta home.
Felicia Miller
Marietta Police Department
She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Cox has yet to enter pleas to the charges against him, and it was unclear Wednesday if he has retained legal counsel who could comment on his behalf.
Justin Cox
Marietta Police Department
But several did tell local media outlets they were among those that witnessed Sunday night’s shooting.
“He stood right there and he looked me dead in my face and unloaded the gun again on her,” the victim’s mother, Gloria Blaylock, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
“I ran to my dad and my mom,” the victim’s sister, Tenisha Miller, told WSB-TV. “I couldn’t get in the house fast enough.”
Her father, who spoke to 11Alive but was not named in their coverage, said he watched his daughter die.
“My daughter died in my arms,” he said. “She couldn’t talk. She was gasping for air.”
Investigators ask that anyone with information related to the case call the Marietta Police Department at (770) 794-5345.
