Woman Kills Girl, Then Self, In DeKalb Shooting, Police Say

STONE MOUNTAIN, GA — Police say a woman shot and injured a man before killing a young girl, then herself, Friday morning during a domestic dispute at Chatfield Drive.

DeKalb County Police said the deadly shooting happened around 1:15 a.m. When officers arrived, they found a girl older than age 10 dead at the scene, police said.

They also found a man who had been shot and was then taken to a hospital with serious injuries, police said.

A woman in her 30s shot the man before fatally shooting the girl, police said. They added the woman died by suicide. She nor the girl were identified.

It is unknown how the trio was connected. A motive was not revealed.

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