UPDATE: The AJC story is here.  Decaturish has posted a short remembrance of Ms. Shirley, noting that she won a Hometown Heroes award back in 2002 and this past summer had helped police identify robbery suspects.

From Decatur PD…

On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at approximately 11:57 pm, Decatur Fire responded to a residence in the 200 block of Cambridge Avenue in reference to a medical call.  Decatur Police were called to the scene when medical personnel suspected an assault had occurred.  The victim, identified as 75-year-old Shirley Kendrick, was transported to an area hospital where she later died. Mrs. Kendrick appeared to have been stabbed and to have sustained a head injury.  Family members attempted to intervene in the assault and Mrs. Kendrick’s son suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries and Mrs. Kendrick’s husband received minor injuries. Mrs. Kendrick’s grandson, 23-year-old Marquis La’Vonta Freeman, has been arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault and battery.

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West Ponce de Leon Ave at Commerce Drive (photo courtesy of Gwyneth)