A 17-year-old girl has been booked into the Gwinnett County Jail after police said she shot a woman to death in a Dacula neighborhood Sunday afternoon.
Damia Mitchell of Snellville faces several charges, including felony murder, in connection with the deadly shooting at the intersection of Uniwattee Trail and Mountain Ash Court, according to Gwinnett police spokesman Cpl. Collin Flynn.
Mitchell was booked into the Gwinnett jail about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. She is facing one count of murder, three counts of aggravated assault and one count of possessing a firearm during the commission of a crime, all felonies. She also faces one misdemeanor count of possessing a pistol while under 18 years of age, according to jail records.
Officers were sent to the Dacula home about 1:30 p.m. Sunday to investigate a report of a shooting, officials said. The victim, 20-year-old Faith Burns of Loganville, died in a hospital shortly after the incident.
“Investigators believe that Burns and Mitchell knew each other and had a domestic altercation prior to this shooting,” Flynn said.
Authorities said the shooting may have taken place in the road in front of the home and that “multiple people” might have been present during the incident. It is not clear if the victim was a resident of the home.
A GoFundMe page was created to help Burns’ family cover the costs of the woman’s funeral. As of Tuesday morning, the campaign had raised $9,200.
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