On the evening of February 19, 2023, 49-year-old Alena Polston Hobson was found in the side yard of her home on Livingston Lane in Covington, Georgia, having suffered a fatal gunshot wound. Deputies from the Newton County Sheriff’s Office had been dispatched around 6:20 p.m. in response to a report of a stolen vehicle. Her husband, 57-year-old Joe Bernard Hobson, was in the front yard armed with a handgun and told deputies he had shot his wife. Officers tried to de-escalate and ordered him to drop the weapon; he refused and deputies fired, critically injuring him.

Alena was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead; her husband was also hospitalized. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation opened a probe into both Alena’s death and the officer-involved shooting. Few other public details about the case’s resolution, any charges, or whether Joe Hobson survived are available.

Does anyone have additional verifiable details about Alena or the incident that could help clarify what happened?