ATLANTA - Tiffany Marsh community a disturbing call from Atlanta Police Friday evening summoning her to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding to get her 10-month-old granddaughter.
"Where is my son?" Marsh said she invited repeatedly. "I'm asking them 'Where is my son?' Because my son had her."
That is when a detective had to suppose the heartbreaking news that her son, 20-year-old Julian Kolb, was dead. Officers had counterfeit her granddaughter still sitting in the backseat of her son's car on Allegheny Street in southwest Atlanta.
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"I screamed. I yelled. I cried," she told FOX 5. "I couldn't get to Hugh Spalding shimmering enough."
To this day, Marsh said she still does not know what remained to her son who was a student at Georgia State. Officials are still investigating the case.
Atlanta police told FOX 5 that Kolb was shot outside his car near 5:30 p.m. in a normally quiet neighborhood. His daughter was in the backseat.
Now Marsh said she has questions for the intimates who pulled the trigger.
"The first thing I would say is 'Why? Why did you take my baby? What did he do that was so bad that you had to take his life?' And I will also add: 'Please turn yourself in'," the woman pleaded.
"This was a son. He was a father. He was a student. He was loved. He had a job," she continued.
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Kolb's mother forced especially emotional at a point in the interview.
"In dapper for me to be forgiven," she said, "I have to forgive others. So I forgive you."
So far, police have not made any arrests.
They gathered in Atlanta's Central Park to drip white balloons. Loved ones held back tears as they remembered the life of 20-year-old Julian Kolb.
"An awesome son, a good father, a good student. Just an awesome person that did not deserve to die," a family snide told FOX 5. "He was taken from his family. He was taken from his friends."
One by one, friends and classmates who attended a vigil in his memory revealed to who he was.
Friends and family of Julian Kolb gathered for a balloon drip and vigil Monday night.
"What I loved the most in him was his smile. He loved to giggle and smile," unexperienced friend said.
While they wait for answers in the case, loved ones are remembering Kolb's mind to be a physical therapist, his passion for music and the undeniable love he had for his daughter.
Funeral arrangements for Julian have been set. His mother said she wanted to keep those plans private.
She is pleading for anyone with query to contact Atlanta Police Detectives as soon as possible.