Hang on while we load the rest of the page...
 
 

Jury Selection Underway for 2011 Killing of Roswell's Brittney Watts

Nkosi Thandiwe is charged with killing one woman and paralyzing another in the July 2011 shooting in a Midtown parking garage.

 

Jury selection is underway in the trial of the security guard accused of the July 2011 Midtown shooting spree that killed a Roswell woman and left another paralyzed.

Patch was in Judge Kelly A. Lee’s Fulton County Superior Courtroom Monday morning as defense lawyers for Nkosi Thandiwe and Fulton Assistant District Attorney Linda Dunikoski questioned 60 potential jurors. During the lunch recess, attorneys involved declined to comment as the selection process was to continue throughout the afternoon.

In November 2011, Thandiwe pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges connected to the July 15, 2011 triple shooting spree at the Proscenium building that left Roswell's Brittney Watts dead and Lauren Garcia paralyzed.

Tiffany Ferenczy was also hurt during the shooting that resulted in prosecutors charging Thandiwe with felony murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, armed robbery, hijacking a car, aggravated battery and gun possession during the commission of a felony.

Lee ordered in November 2011 that Thandiwe to undergo a mental evaluation. In April 2012, the judge ruled that the accused shooter was capable of comprehending what was happening during a trial.

Police say Thandiwe, who was a security guard at the Proscenium building where all three women worked, shot Watts in the neck in the building’s parking deck, and then fled the garage in her car, shooting two more women as he exited onto Crescent Avenue.

Watts grew up in Roswell and attended Roswell High School, later marrying her high school sweetheart, Brian.

This is a developing story …

Related Topics: Crime, Death, and Shooting

Leave a comment

 
 
 
 

Your town. Mobilized.

Download Patch for iPhone or Patch Places for Android.

Learn more 

Own a local business?

Stay in touch with customers by claiming your free Patch listing.

Learn more 

Advertise on Patch

Build community trust in your local brand with game-changing tools for any budget.

Learn how