On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025, Atlanta police responded to a shooting at a residence in the 2500 block of Tilson Drive SE in the East Lake neighborhood, directly across from the East Lake Golf Club. Officers arrived about 1:50 p.m. after a report of a person shot and found 67-year-old Carolyn Wansley with a gunshot wound. She was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and later died of her injuries.

Wansley was a mother of five. Homicide investigators have taken over the case, but authorities have not released a motive and have not announced any suspects or arrests. Police are asking the public for any information that could help piece together what happened that afternoon.

If anyone in East Lake that day saw anything unusual near the Tilson Drive residence or knows something that could help investigators, please come forward.