Couple found shot dead in car with toddler daughter after responding to call for help

Shot dead: Anthony and Catherine Costner

A young couple were found shot dead in their car, with their toddler alive in the back seat, after responding to a call for help from someone they knew, police said.

Anthony Costner, 24, and wife Catherine, 22, from Georgia, were found inside the car, which was in a ditch with its headlights on, around 2am on Thursday.

The young dad had been shot multiple times and died at the scene, in Powder Springs, while Catherine was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound but later died,

The couple's three-year-old daughter was also found in the car with them, but was unharmed.

Anthony Costner, 24, and wife Catherine, 22, were gunned down in front of their three-year-old daughter

Family: The couple's daughter was in the car with them

Catherine’s mother said her daughter received a call for help in the middle of the night from someone she knew.
Cynthia Quinn told WXIA: "When they went to help these people, for whatever reason, a gun was pulled and my son-in-law and my daughter are now dea.

“Her husband was shot in the face, the head and the hand. She was shot in the stomach, all in front of my granddaughter.”

Catherine’s brother told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution the couple seemed nervous as they left their home for the last time.
Police have not named any suspects and are investigating the deaths as a homicide.

Source www.dailymirror.co.uk