Carly Walden called 911 around 7 a.m. Sunday to report that her mother, Andrea Walker, had been shot at their Alcovy Way home, Newton sheriff’s spokeswoman Sgt. Cortney Morrison said. Deputies arriving at the home met with Walden outside and, after a room-to-room search, found Walker shot and lying on a bed in a back bedroom.

Walker was pronounced dead at the scene. The GBI was expected to perform an autopsy.