Regional Roundup: Shooting Victim Dies, Police Release Chase Video, and Athens Chef Named Best in Southeast

-- Barrow Patch

AccessNorthGa.com reports a woman who was shot attempting to help her neighbor involved in a domestic incident in Auburn has died. 

Monica Anne Long, 31, died about 9 a.m. Monday. 

Long remained hospitalized following the April 19, 2012, incident, during which Shuaid Zaid Omar, 29, shot and killed his girlfriend, Auburn resident Betty Marie Maddox.

Omar later shot himself at a Suwanee residence and .

– Cartersville Patch

 officials released patrol car video (see above) of a  that reached 90 mph and injured an officer.

The driver, Jonathan Ray Adams, 24, of East Rocky Street in White, , including aggravated assault on an officer, hit-and-run with injuries, reckless conduct and endangerment of a minor, open container and driving while license withdrawn, in addition to a number of traffic violations.

-- Athens Patch

It had become almost a given that would be nominated as one of the country's best chefs. Monday evening, the James Beard Foundation named him the best chef in the Southeast, a honor he shares with Linton Hopkins of Restaurant Eugene.

Known first to Athenians for his award-winning and restaurants, Acheson saw his food footprint widen as he appeared on , opened Empire State South in Atlanta and published the cookbook to great acclaim.

The this past weekend.