vincent macavinny reports. the final photo of matthew willson taken on the second day of a visit to his girlfriend, katherine shepard in atlanta just hours before his life was taken away at around 2am last sunday, the couple awoke in this bed to gunshots being fired nearby and what police are calling a random and senseless act. one of the bullets penetrated the exterior wall of the room, hitting matthew as he lay dying in katherine's arms. her flatmate dialed 911 after the third orfourth round. ijust remember katherine shepard screaming that matt had been shot, and when i walked over to the rear, ran over to the room, i saw he was laying on the bed, but the wound on his head and just we called 911 instantly and we're trying our best and to stop the wound. matthew, from chertsey in surrey, was a former phd student