MACON, Ga. — Update, 4 p.m. Feb. 16:
We have an update on a shooting death this week on Macon's Montpelier avenue.
A Bibb County arrest warrant says the suspect, 43-year-old April Powell, is charged with murdering her sister.
The sheriff's office says it happened around 6 p.m. Wednesday on the 2300 block of the Avenue.
The warrant says Powell argued with Ernestine Frye and then shot her in the chest with a Ruger .380-caliber pistol.
The warrant doesn't say what the sisters were arguing about, but it says several witnesses saw the fight.
Frye died soon after, at a Macon hospital. She was 49.
Powell gave a Savannah address to authorities. She is being held without bond in the Bibb County jail, and is charged with murder.
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A woman has been arrested and charged in the Wednesday shooting death of a 49-year-old woman in Macon, according to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office.
43-year-old April Powell was arrested on Thursday at around 1 p.m. and charged with murder.
Powell is accused of shooting and killing Ernestine Frye in the 2300 block of Montpelier Avenue just after 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Frye was taken to a local hospital where she was later pronounced dead by Coroner Leon Jones.
Powell is currently being held with no bond at the Bibb County Jail.
Anyone with information can call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or the Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME
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