After learning another adult son lived nearby, officers were led to Ford Street, where they spotted Brittany Folkerts in a white Hyundai. Her 19-year-old son was standing near the driver’s-side door, talking to his mother.

“While they were approaching,” Watts said, “the subject took her own life in the vehicle.”

The woman’s son was not harmed.

“Because they didn’t know what they had, they were giving him commands to get on the ground,” he said. “When the son backed away from the vehicle, that’s when they heard the gunshot.”

Police later found Ronald Folkerts shot dead inside his home. Watts said officers have had dealings with both husband and wife in the past.

Agents with the GBI responded to process the scene. The GBI is expected to make an official determination on the cause of death.

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