A TSA employee based at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport tried to kill himself after allegedly abducting a young woman, sexually assaulting her then giving her a suicide note to deliver. The LaGrange Daily News reports that Randall Scott King, whose age was not released, grabbed the woman Wednesday night from a MARTA parking lot then took her to his house in Hogansville, about 50 miles south of Atlanta.
After the alleged sexual assault, King released the woman along with his note.
The alleged victim and assailant were not strangers. "They left the airport together voluntarily," Hartsfield-Jackson spokeswoman Katena Carvajales told the AJC.
According to the paper, the woman informed Union City authorities, who on Thursday alerted the Hogansville Police Department. Officers arrived at the man's house to find him with what appeared to be self-inflicted wounds. King is in critical condition at Columbus' Regional Medical Center, the Daily News reports.
King, a behavior detection officer, has been with the Transportation Security Administration for nearly five years, spokesman Jon Allen told the AJC.
"We are cooperating fully with law enforcement during this ongoing investigation," Allen said.
MARTA spokesman Lyle Harris confirmed the transit authority is also assisting in the investigation but deferred questions to Hogansville police. Messages requesting comment have been left with the Hogansville PD.
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