A scary scene unfolded in Georgia’s Laurel Creek Trail neighborhood earlier this week as a 23-year-old man ran from neighbor to neighbor asking for help as his father shot him, and his mother lay dead inside the home. The woman murdered was Sheetal (Sheetal) Resesian, an Indian-origin technology leader who did not survive her wounds.The incident occurred just before 8 pm. According to the Cobb County Police Department, they took Kirk B. Resesian, 56, the woman’s husband and father of 23-year-old Jason, from the crime scene without incident. Investigators confirmed that it was a domestic violence incident and there was no threat to the public.Kirk was charged with felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He is currently being held without bail at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center.A neighbor said he saw the injured son running away from the house after being shot in the back and first tried to seek help at a nearby house but was unable to get inside. He then ran to another neighbor’s home, where the owners let him inside and helped stop the bleeding until first responders arrived. The neighbor said the son arrived home just before 8 p.m. and saw his parents fighting.
Who was Sheetal (Sheetal) Ressien?
Sheetal Razesian, a Georgia Tech alumna, was an engineering leader at Google with more than 20 years of experience in a variety of technical roles in organizations large and small.According to her bio on the Georgia Tech website, Sheetal grew up in England, India and Ghana (West Africa). She moved to the United States to pursue a degree in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Sheetal was a named inventor on two software patents, served on the advisory board of the Georgia Tech College of Computing, and was a member of the board of trustees of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association.