Woman shot in crossfire on DeKalb County road, dies at hospital

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (FOX 5 Atlanta) - Police are on the scene of a shooting that left a woman dead in DeKalb County on Wednesday.

Officials say they were called to the 2500 block of Columbia Drive around noon with reports of a female victim shot. 

According to police, the victim, described as a black woman in her 40s. was in her vehicle when two different groups began trading gunfire. Friends of the victim told FOX 5 that she was on her way to pick up her grandchildren at the time. 

Medics rushed the unnamed victim to a nearby hospital, where she died Wednesday afternoon.

Police say no suspects are in custody at this time.

The investigation continues.