A DeKalb County woman allegedly shot and killed her 11-year-old daughter and then herself Sunday evening, according to police.
DeKalb officers got a call around 7:45 p.m. about a person shot at the Polo Club Apartment Homes complex off Hambrick Road just outside Pine Lake. The area is between Stone Mountain and Clarkston.
When police arrived, they found two female victims with gunshot wounds, officials said. They were both declared dead at the scene.
“At this time, it appears to be a murder-suicide involving a mother and her 11-year-old daughter,” police spokesperson Officer Elise Wells said.
The mother was identified as 31-year-old Qiana Rainley by the DeKalb Medical Examiner’s Office.
The child, identified only as Makenzie B. by DeKalb police, had recently graduated from the department’s “Summer Survival Swim Program,” officials said in a social media post.
She “was taken away from us way too soon,” the department said.
No other details have been released about the incident.
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