Crime & Safety

Gwinnett Woman Shot, Killed in Domestic Dispute

The suspect is in custody.

A Dacula woman is dead as a result of what police believe was a domestic dispute.

Police were called to the 2600 block of Kachina Trail in the Apalachee Heritage subdivision in Dacula on Friday, March 1, at 10:07 a.m. According to Gwinnett County Police Department public information officer Cpl. Jake Smith, the suspect in the case -- the husband of the deceased woman -- was the person who called 911.Β 

"It's a domestic-related homicide," Smith said.Β 

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The wife, who Smith estimated was in her late fifties, appears to have died from a gunshot wound.

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