JONESBORO, Ga. — A 7-year-old girl was killed early Sunday morning in what police said was a hit-and-run. Clayton County Police said the child was hit between 2:15 and 2:30 a.m. off Tara Boulevard at Southside Commercial Parkway in Jonesboro.
The girl was deceased at the scene.
11Alive went back to the scene on Monday and learned the 7-year-old girl was staying with her family about 200 yards away from the intersection at the Magnolia Bay Hotel on Southside Commercial Parkway.
A couple of people at the hotel said they would see the little girl playing around the property. They added the family had been staying at the hotel for the past couple of weeks.
Police said they have no leads and are "desperately asking for the public's assistance."
Clayton County Police said they are withholding the child's name due to the "sensitivity of the investigation."
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 770-473-3983.
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