By Associated Press - Friday, April 22, 2016

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) - Police in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta are investigating a shooting that left one person dead.

Alpharetta police spokesman George Gordon tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that officers were called to a townhome Thursday morning in response to a report of a possible gunshot.

Gordon tells WSB-TV that a person was found dead inside the townhome, and a homicide investigation has begun. Few other details were available early Friday.

Alpharetta is about 25 miles north of downtown Atlanta.

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