Detectives are investigating after a woman was killed during a domestic dispute inside a southeast Atlanta gated subdivision Wednesday afternoon.

The fatal shooting was reported around 2 p.m. at the Parks at Browns Mill townhouses in the 500 block of McWilliams Road, according to police.

Officers found the victim unresponsive from a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene, an Atlanta police spokesman said in a statement.

According to the initial investigation, a man shot the victim during a domestic disturbance. Police did not release the victim’s name or provide a description of the suspect. Officials did not say if investigators knew the alleged shooter’s identity.

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