Woman accused of killing mother of 2 at home near Conyers

A woman was shot and killed at a Rockdale County home early Thursday following an argument, according to authorities.

Deputies were called around 12:45 a.m. to the house in the 2600 block of Golfview Terrace near Conyers, where 24-year-old Kyla Cooper was found dead, according to the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office.

A family member told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Cooper was a mother of two.

According to detectives, the shooting happened after an argument between Cooper and 25-year-old Arkia Tate, who was arrested and booked into the Rockdale jail. She is facing charges of felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, according to online records.

The sheriff’s office has not provided a motive or the relationship between Cooper and Tate, who is from Jonesboro. Deputies said a second person, Rashad Thompson, was arrested at the scene on unrelated charges, which included both drug and weapons possession.

Several crime scene investigators were speaking to witnesses and collecting evidence at the home, which was taped off after the shooting.

“The incident is currently under investigation and no further information is available at this time,” a sheriff’s office spokesperson told the AJC.