Woman found fatally shot in Clayton County

Police are investigating the shooting death of a Clayton County woman on Tuesday.

Around 1:30 p.m., officers were called to a home in the 1300 block of Lake Ridge Parkway near Riverdale.

They found the 23-year-old woman’s body in her bedroom with a single gunshot wound, authorities said.

The woman has not been identified, and police continue to investigate her death.

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