Stray bullet may have killed woman who was shot in her motel room, Georgia cops say
A woman was shot and killed in a motel room by what may have been a stray bullet, Georgia police said.
Officers found the woman with at least one gunshot wound in the room, according to a Gwinnett County Police Department news release. By the time paramedics arrived, the woman was dead, police said.
The shooting happened at the extended-stay InTown Suites in Lilburn around 4:30 a.m. on Feb. 22 according to police. Detectives are investigating the homicide but told outlets that the shooter may not have been in the room.
The bullet may have torn through a hotel room wall or a window, hitting the woman and killing her, investigators told FOX5.
“We’re trying to figure out right now where the shot came from, who it came from and why it happened,” a spokesperson for the police department told WSB.
The victim’s identity hasn’t been released, according to FOX5.
If anyone has information about the shooting they are encouraged to contact Gwinnett County police detectives at 770-513-5300 or visit Crime Stoppers online to tip anonymously, according to police.
Lilburn is about 30 miles northeast of Atlanta.
This story was originally published February 22, 2022 at 12:59 PM with the headline "Stray bullet may have killed woman who was shot in her motel room, Georgia cops say."
