Crime & Safety
Hearing for Suspect in Fatal Custody Swap Postponed
Cumming man suspected in shooting death of his children's mother remains in Fulton County Jail.
Today’s first court appearance of a 25-year-old Cumming man charged in connection with the shooting death of his children’s mother was postponed until next Wednesday, according to Fulton County prosecutors.
The hearing in Fulton County Superior Court will be the first in a series of pretrial hearings for Christopher Erdman, who allegedly shot Shannon Lawrence of Canton four times in the face and neck on June 5 as the two met in a bank parking lot across from the Birmingham Crossroads shopping center in Milton where they usually met, police said.
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Lawrence was laid to rest in Cherokee Memorial Park in Canton on June 10 after funeral services at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Woodstock.
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