GCPD Seeking Witnesses to Homicide Near Gwinnett Place Mall

The Gwinnett County Police Department is investigating a homicide that happened at about 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, near the intersection of Satellite Boulevard and Merchants Way near the Gwinnett Place Mall.

Police say Monique Marlowe, believed to be about 25 years old, was found behind the Hertz Rent-a-Car adjacent to the Gwinnett County Transit pick-up/drop-off hub.

Marlowe was transported to Gwinnett County Medical Center where she was later pronounced dead. 

According to a media release distributed just after 11 p.m. Friday, the victim was a Hertz employee who was shot while attending to a vehicle behind the building. She was found by other employees "some time" later.

According to the release, she described the shooter as a black male wearing a blue shirt before being taken to the hospital.

Gwinnett Police investigators are asking anyone who may have been at this GCT location between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. and may have seen anything unusual or suspicious to come forward. Anyone wishing to provide information may do so  by calling 911 or 770-513-5333 and leaving a message.

No further information is available at this time.