Crime & Safety

Woman Dead, 2 Arrested After Lithia Springs Shooting

The shooting happened at a Labor Day weekend party, authorities say.

LITHIA SPRINGS, GA — A Lithia Springs woman is dead and two people are under arrest after a shooting at a Labor Day weekend party Friday night.

WXIA-TV reports that the shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Sweet Ridge Court, near a library and Turner Middle School. Authorities say a party or cookout was going on on the street at the time of the shooting.

They had not released the name of the woman Saturday morning. Authorities do not believe anyone other than the two people arrested were involved, the station reported.

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