ATLANTA — A woman is dead following a shooting that took place near the city's Hotel District neighborhood in Downtown Atlanta Wednesday night.
At 7:54 p.m., Atlanta Police officers responded to 400 W. Peachtree St. NW near Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard to calls of gunshots. When they got there, they found 28-year-old Breanna Woods shot multiple times; police said she was critically injured.
First responders arrived at the scene, where they pronounced her dead. The address appears to be the location of the Twelve Downtown Hotel high-rise building.
On Thursday, police identified 30-year-old Douglas Hairston as the suspect in the homicide. Police charged him with murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a knife during the commission of a felony.
Police arrested Hairston at the scene and will soon book him into the Fulton County Jail on those charges.
Woods family provided a photo on Thursday, 11Alive is working to learn more about what happened.
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