A fatal shooting took place inside a home on Wynhall Drive in unincorporated Norcross, Georgia, on March 30, 2019. The victim, 43-year-old Caucasian woman Dixie Cowe, was at the bottom of the stairs when a firearm discharged. She was transported to a local hospital with significant injuries and died shortly after arrival.

At the time, 26-year-old Keely Kilpatrick, the homeowner’s daughter and Cowe’s roommate, had gone downstairs to clean a gun and told others she was doing so. The homeowner’s mother, upstairs when she heard a loud noise she described as a gunshot, found Cowe wounded. Kilpatrick repeatedly said the gun accidentally discharged. Both Kilpatrick and her mother cooperated with investigators.

Gwinnett County police opened a homicide investigation. Investigators concluded the shooting was accidental but Kilpatrick was charged with involuntary manslaughter and held without bond; no other suspects were identified. Did anyone know Dixie, Kilpatrick, or the household and have information that could clarify what happened that night?