Several children left without mothers following week of violence in the Chattahoochee Valley Several children left without mothers following week of violence in the Chattahoochee Valley By James Giles | March 8, 2021 at 10:39 PM EST - Updated March 8 at 10:47 PM COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Because of deadly shootings in the last week, a total 12 children are left without mothers, two in East Alabama, and 10 in Columbus. Last week, Columbus lost three mothers to domestic-related gun violence. A woman killed at Eagle Trace Apartments Friday had five children. Two women who were shot to death in front of Family Dollar on Floyd Road had five children between the two. A six-year-old was in the backseat of the car and witnessed her mother being shot.