Police: Teen Said Killing Mom Was Adrenaline Rush
ATLANTA -- A police investigator said a teenager accused in the shooting death of his mother on June 2 called the killing "an adrenaline rush."
Detective Frank Trammer of the Sandy Springs Police Department said at a probable cause hearing Wednesday that investigators were stunned at the jovial attitude displayed by 18-year-old Alexander Ezekiel Cordell when they questioned him about the slaying of his mother, 40-year-old Shani Fecht.
Trammer was the only witness to testify against Cordell at the hearing.
Trammer said Cordell told him he fired nine times and emptied the weapon into the vehicle until he was satisfied his mother was dead.
Cordell's attorney, Elizabeth Markowitz of the Fulton County Public Defender's Office, asked about a possible mental health issue. Trammer said there was no history of mental illness.
Fecht was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in her Isuzu Rodeo near Cordell's apartment.
Police said it appeared that Fecht was shot as she drove up to The Preserve at Dunwoody apartment complex.
After she was shot, Fecht's SUV rolled across the street. News Chopper 2 flew over the scene after the shooting and the SUV could be seen backed up into a grassy area near the Hunters Glen apartment entrance.
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