Mother of 10 Shot to Death Trying to Break Up Fight in Atlanta Restaurant

A mother of 10 was shot dead while trying to break up a fight between two women at an Atlanta restaurant, Fox 5 News reports.

The fatal shooting took place outside of the Brick House Restaurant on Bouldercrest Dr. around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday night. When Charlese Brooks (pictured) tried to break up the fight, one of the women pulled out a gun and started shooting. Brooks, 34, was hit multiple times and died at the scene. The suspect fled, according to authorities.

But Atlanta police say 35-year-old Terri Williams turned herself in at her attorney’s office Wednesday morning. She is charged with murder and will be held in DeKalb County Jail. In a statement, Williams’ attorney said he believe his client’s name will be cleared once the investigation is complete.

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“Ms. Terri Williams voluntarily presented herself to detectives this morning,” attorney W. Scott Smith said in a letter emailed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “We strongly believe that Ms. Williams will be fully exonerated.”

Brooks, who is from Rex, Ga., had four biological children and six adopted children who range in age from 4-18.

The owner of the Brick House Restaurant told FOX 5 that Brooks was her cousin and that friends knew her as “Beasley” or “Ms. Atlanta.”