Gwinnett murder-suicide victims ID'd as married couple Sylvia Junn & Charles Junn

Mike Gallagher

Apr 11, 2012 - 14:28

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Gwinnett murder-suicide victims ID'd as married couple

Gwinnett County police have identified the people involved in a murder-suicide that left a woman seriously injured.

Police said Sylvia Junn, 44, confronted her husband, Charles Junn, and a woman in the parking lot of theGwinnett Place Commons office complex off Satellite Boulevard on Tuesday night. All three work in an office in the office complex.

Police said Sylvia Junn shot her husband and the woman, who police have not identified, and fled the scene. An off-duty officer who pulled in to help told police that Sylvia Junn retued almost immediately still armed with the handgun.

When back-up officers arrived, Sylvia Junn refused to drop her weapon and shot herself in the head, police said.

Police said an investigation revealed it is likely that Charles Junn and the woman had an affair.

The injured woman is in critical condition at an Atlanta-area hospital, police said.

The couple has a 16-year-old son.

Police said they will not reveal further information about the son, the woman, or further details of the circumstances of the shooting.

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