Reward Offered in Stray-Bullet Death of U.K. Astrophysicist

The police offered a $ 15,000 prize in the hope of finding gunmen who were responsible for random bullets who shot through the air that crashed and killed an English astrophysics expert who visited Georgia.

Matthew Willson, 31, from Chertsey, Surrey, England, are visiting his apartment in his apartment in the city of Brookhaven near Atlanta when the bullet stabs the wall of the apartment on January 16. It drove through the headboard of a bed and hit Willson behind his head.

The clerk had been called to the nearest apartment building shortly before Willson was shot after several 911 calls reported a shot there, police said. The couple woke up in the middle of the night with a voice of more than 30 shots from the nearest apartment complex, Willson’s girlfriend, Katherine Shepard, to news outlets. Moments later, Willson was shot.

“I hugged him for 20 minutes while we waited for an ambulance,” he said. “And while we waited, there were more shots fired,” he told the TV station.

Death is a random action that is “the result of disposal of reckless firearms,” ​​said the Brookhaven police in a poster announced the prize.

He should be here for three months because we are far away for a while, “Shepard said.” I picked him up from the airport, took him to his favorite food location, and the next day, he left. “

Brookhaven, the suburb of Atlanta which is home to around 55,000 residents, is just northeast of the city center.

Willson was filled with his family, friend and his alma mater, Exeter University. He is a former PhD student at the institution, “and our members of our astrophysics team are very loved,” said a university spokesman in a statement.

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