11-year-old girl reportedly killed by mother in DeKalb County murder-suicide

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - DeKalb County police have identified the 11-year-old girl who investigators say was shot and killed by her mom Sunday night in a case of murder-suicide. 

She is identified as 11-year-old Makenzie B. Police say he had recently graduated from the department's Summer Survival Swim Program. 

DKPD says they responded to the Polo Club Apartments located in the 1200 block of Ashley Creek Circle near Hambrick Road and Rockbridge Road in Stone Mountain around 7:43 p.m. in response to a person shot call. Upon arrival, officers found two females who were dead from gunshot wounds.

"It's very shocking," said Rhonda Thomas. "I've been living here for 5 years, 5.5 years, going on 6 and nothing like that has ever happened here before." 

Makenzie B

Investigators say Makenzie’s mom, later identified by the DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office as 31-year-old Qiana Rainley, shot and killed her, then killed herself. 

"Don't ever involve your children," Thomas said. "Especially taking their lives. That's pretty scary." 

"My heart just goes out, that child didn’t have a chance to live, you know, grow," said James Parker. "Who knows what mother was going through?" 

In the post on X, formerly Twitter, police wrote Makenzie was a recent graduate of its ‘Summer Survival Swim Program. The agency wrote that she "was taken away from us way too soon. Once DKPD, always DKPD." 

People who live nearby say they never expected to hear anything like this. 

"You need to have family members checking on each other, extremely important," Parker said. "I hate to hear about that, it's just tragic." 

"I'm just going to put prayers up for the family," Thomas said. 

Investigators have not determined a motive.

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