COVINGTON, Ga. – The Covington Police Division (CPD) is investigating a taking pictures in Magnolia Heights Residences that left an intruder lifeless.
Per a information launch from the CPD, a person was killed after forcing entry into an residence. The preliminary report was categorized as a “housebreaking in progress.”
A spokesperson with the CPD confirmed that the incident passed off round 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
The discharge says that preliminary data had led officers to consider {that a} visitor of the resident fired “a weapon” at the one who “compelled entry into the residence.”
“The person who entered the residence was struck and later pronounced deceased,” the discharge states.
No data concerning the identities of these concerned has been made accessible presently. Although the officers responded to the decision as a housebreaking, no definitive details about the motive behind the break-in has been launched presently.
The discharge specifies that further particulars are being withheld because the investigation stays “lively and ongoing.”
Anybody with further data associated to the incident is urged to contact the CPD.
