Georgia woman convicted of fatally shooting victim while holding her 1-year-old child
02/13/2024 2:17 pm PST
COVINGTON, Ga. (TCD) -- A woman was convicted this week on charges related to a 2020 shooting that injured the father of her 1-year-old child and killed a 27-year-old female.
The Newton County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday, Feb. 12, that a jury found Dalanna Bailey guilty of malice murder, felony murder, criminal attempt to commit murder, two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of possession of a firearm during commission of a felony, and cruelty to children in connection with a double shooting that killed La'Peachah Nash and injured a man, identified by WAGA-TV as Deshawn Grayson.
According to the district attorney’s office, the trial began Feb. 5 and the jury returned the guilty verdicts after deliberating for less than an hour. Bailey is scheduled to be sentenced March 7 and remains in custody.
On May 13, 2020, Nash drove Grayson to Bailey’s home at the Fieldcrest Apartment Complex so he could give her money for their child. At the apartment, Bailey began "yelling and screaming" at Grayson while she was holding their child. Bailey also reportedly had a loaded gun in the waistband of her pants.
Grayson, concerned about his safety as well as his child’s, reportedly tried to retrieve the firearm. According to the district attorney’s office, Bailey "continued to threaten him" and said she had "a round in the chamber."
Bailey reportedly chased Grayson as he ran toward Nash’s vehicle. Grayson and Nash tried to drive away when Bailey shot at least three rounds at the car, fatally hitting Nash in the driver’s seat and striking Grayson in his back.
Nash was shot in the head, transported to Atlanta Medical Center, and died from her injuries the next day, according to WAGA.
Grayson was airlifted to the hospital to treat a gunshot wound to his abdomen.
Following the shooting, Bailey fled the scene. Officials found her approximately seven hours later and took her into custody at the Knights Inn Motel on Panola Road in DeKalb County, WAGA reports. She was with her baby at the time, who was unharmed from the incident.
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