Woman shot, killed outside apartment building near Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta police say

ATLANTA — A woman was shot and killed at an apartment building near Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Monday morning, according to Atlanta police.

The shooting happened sometime shortly after 8:30 a.m. at an address on the 400 block of Markham Street in southwest Atlanta.

Police said that the 43-year-old victim was not breathing or conscious when they arrived.

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A person inside the apartment was arrested and being questioned for the shooting, according to police.

“We have a person of interest who is being interviewed at our headquarters right now,” Germain Dearlove with Atlanta police said.

It is unclear what led up to this shooting, but police said they were investigating whether or not it was domestic-related.

People who live in the apartment complex told Channel 2′s Tom Jones that there is too much violence going on in the area.

“We just had something like that happen in this neighborhood,” neighbor Brandon Jones said.

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