Woman Survives Ambush After Break-Up

"LITHIA SPRINGS, GA — A Lithia Spring woman underwent surgery after she was a victim of a murder-suicide attempt.

"The murder suicide was sparked by the couple's break-up. It happened in the parking lot of Arnita Burton's apartment complex off Thornton Road.

"Douglas Co. Sheriff's Lt. Bruce Ferguson [said] the man was waiting for her to come home and ambushed Burton, 32. The man, who's name has not been released, then turned the gun on himself.

"Burton, shot at least three times, is in Grady Memorial Hospital where she underwent surgery.

"The man, a Fulton Co. Sheriff's deputy trainee, had been with that department less than three months."

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