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An Auburn teenager is facing a murder charge after police discovered a 66-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound in an Auburn subdivision Thursday night.

Ross Jonathan McFarland, 16, was arrested in Tallapoosa County about 6:30 a.m. Friday by Auburn police with assistance from the U.S. Marshals’ Fugitive Task Force and Tallapoosa County Drug Task Force on a warrant charging him with murder, Auburn police said.

Auburn police responded to a residence in the 700 block of Burke Place about 7 p.m. Thursday after receiving a call reporting an unresponsive woman.

When officers arrived they discovered Martha “Marti” Jones White, who was affiliated with the residence, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said.

“An investigation and analysis of the scene resulted in McFarland, who resides at the residence on Burke Place, being developed as a suspect in the death,” a news release from Auburn police reads.

Auburn police obtained an arrest warrant for McFarland and enlisted the aid of the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force.