Image source, Brookhaven Police
Matthew Willson had been visiting his girlfriend when he was shot, according to US police
An astrophysicist has been killed in a “reckless” shooting while visiting his girlfriend in the US state of Georgia.
At 02:00 local time (07:00 GMT) on Sunday, officers were called to an apartment block in Clairmont Road in Brookhaven, Atlanta.
Dr Matthew Willson, 31, from Surrey, UK, was found in bed with a single gunshot wound to the head.
The Foreign Office said it was “supporting the family of a British man following his death”.
Brookhaven Police said the shooting of Dr Willson, from Chertsey, was “random” and involved the “reckless discharge of firearms”.
Dr Willson “was in town from England visiting loved ones when the incident occurred,” police said.
Police told local news station WSB-TV2 in Atlanta that it was “a senseless act” and Dr Willson was “a completely innocent victim”.
Investigators also said he had just flown in to Atlanta.
Image source, Google
Dr Willson was staying with his girlfriend at an ap
