GBI assisting Bloomingdale Police with Easter death investigation

by Summer Swanson, Christa Ross

BLOOMINGDALE, Ga. (WTOC) - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of a Bloomingdale woman after a shooting early Sunday morning.

At the request of the Bloomingdale Police Department, GBI agents are investigating the death of 39-year-old Paige Lewis of Bloomingdale, Chatham County.

Police responded to a home in the 300 block of Cypress Street at about 12:50 a.m. after receiving a 911 call reporting that Lewis had been shot.

Officers found Lewis inside the residence with a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Lewis’ body will be taken to the GBI Crime Lab in Pooler for an autopsy.

The investigation remains active.

Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the Bloomingdale Police Department at 912-748-8302 or the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Statesboro at 912-871-1121.

Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477), online at https://gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-online, or via the See Something, Send Something mobile app.