Sheriff: Phenix City man killed woman in her Harris County yard

Harris County Sheriff Mike Jolley said a Phenix City man shot and killed a woman in her yard Monday afternoon prompting a manhunt across two states for the suspect.

According to a statement from the sheriff on August 17th, 2026, at approximately 12:37 p.m. Harris County 911 received a report of an unresponsive woman in the front yard of a residence at 9306 Georgia Highway 208 in Waverly Hall. Responding deputies discovered 35-year-old Nicole Karastury Elliott deceased in the yard from what appeared to be a single gunshot wound.

The follow-up investigation conducted by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division, along with crime-scene processing by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, revealed that at approximately 10:04 a.m., Ms. Elliott was involved in a domestic dispute with 36-year-old Andrew Roy Harris of 23 Ivy Lane, Phenix City, Alabama. During the dispute, Ms. Elliott was fatally shot.

Harris fled the scene and is currently wanted by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office for felony murder and aggravated assault. He was last seen on foot in Phenix City after fleeing the America’s Best Value Inn near U.S. Highway 280 bypass. Anyone who sees Harris should not approach him. Immediately call 911 or contact the Harris County Sheriff’s Office with any information concerning his location. He is considered armed and dangerous.

This is an active investigation, and additional information will be released when appropriate. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office extends its deepest sympathy to the family and loved ones of Nicole Elliott. Domestic violence brings unimaginable pain to victims, families, and entire communities. We ask everyone to keep Ms. Elliott’s family in their thoughts and prayers as they face this heartbreaking loss.

According to the victim’s Facebook page she was the mother of three school aged children. Tributes to Nicole Karastury Elliott have started to pour in on social media. “Nicole Karastury was such a beautiful soul & this is so sad and so senseless,” wrote one friend. This is a developing story.