A woman was found shot to death in the parking lot of an apartment complex near Stone Mountain on Thursday morning, according to DeKalb County police.
Officers were called at around 5:30 a.m. after the victim’s body was located outside of a building on Wood Bend Drive in the East Ponce Village community off Juliette Road. She was identified by police as 34-year-old Timberre Mims.
At the foot of some steps leading to the apartments, an orange barrier was set up to block the view of the body from bystanders as investigators photographed the scene. Police also appeared to be examining bullet holes left in the wall diagonal to where she lay.
Officials have not released any additional information about the victim or what may have led to the shooting.
Once the sun rose, a distressed woman approached the scene and made a phone call. She anxiously paced around, processing the reality of the moment. She did not want to be identified but said she knew the victim.
Credit: John Spink
Credit: John Spink
Three other women arrived around the same time and spoke to an investigator, who tried to calm them as he disclosed what he could about what had unfolded hours earlier. One of them fell to the ground as she learned the news. It was not clear if they were friends or family of the victim.
Last week, 35-year-old Anthony Miller was shot and killed at a Citgo gas station across the street from the complex’s entrance. Police arrested a suspect, Khadriqus Jones, on Tuesday.
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