A 39-year-old Atlanta woman was arrested Tuesday in connection with a fatal shooting at a southwest Atlanta address that left one person dead and another hospitalized.
What’s Happening: Ashley Prater was arrested April 15 and charged with murder and two counts of aggravated assault. Aggravated assault means she is accused of causing serious bodily harm. She is being held at the Fulton County Jail.
What’s Important: The shooting happened March 6 at around 8:18 p.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. SW. A 38-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene. A 51-year-old man was taken to a hospital by ambulance. He was alert and breathing when he left the scene.
The Path Forward: Prater faces a murder charge and two counts of aggravated assault. Under Georgia law, a murder conviction can carry a life sentence. She has not been convicted of any crime and is presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
B.T. Clark is the Publisher of The Georgia Sun and author of Principles Are Like Pants… You Ought to Have Some. Over two decades in journalism, he has served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc., earning multiple awards along the way. His work has appeared in newspapers across the state, including The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal.
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