Overview
- Officers responded around 9:49 p.m. to the 2200 block of Tiger Flowers Drive NW and found a 44-year-old woman and her 7-year-old daughter shot inside an apartment.
- The child was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital by police due to an ambulance delay and later died; the mother is in stable condition and expected to survive.
- Investigators believe an argument between acquaintances about 30 minutes earlier preceded the gunfire, and they do not think the shooter is a family member.
- Homicide detectives say they are following strong leads as the police chief publicly urged the unidentified shooter to turn themself in and vowed an arrest.
- Names of those involved have not been released, police are seeking tips through Crime Stoppers, and four officers are receiving departmental support for the case's emotional toll.