Police: Woman shot dead outside Lithonia apartment complex

DeKalb County police homicide detectives are searching for an armed gunman accused of fatally shooting a woman inside her car.

Officials say the shooting happened during a possible drug deal outside the Grovewood Park apartment complex late Monday evening in Lithonia.

Police say they were called to the 6100 block of Hillandale Drive around 11:36 p.m. and found the 24-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound. When EMS responded to the scene, they pronounced the woman dead.

Witnesses told police several bullets were fired and the victim was struck at least once. Police said no one at the complex saw who fired the shots but heard the gunshots.   

Officers told FOX 5 they found narcotics inside the car where the victim was discovered and believe the shooting was a drug transaction that went sour.

The unidentified woman did not live at the apartment complex.

The investigation is ongoing. Officials have not yet released any information identifying a potential suspect.