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Chattanooga woman charged after reporting she killed sister

Hamilton County Sheriff's Office / Brittani Harmon
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office / Brittani Harmon Hamilton County Sheriff's Office / Brittani Harmon

A Chattanooga woman is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of her sister on Thursday, according to a sheriff’s office report.

Brittni Harmon, 27, reportedly called 911 from a Publix and said she had killed her sister.

Deputies responded to an address Harmon gave and found the body of a woman with a single gunshot in the back of her head, the report said.

The incident prompted Hamilton County sheriff’s deputies to conduct a death investigation on Thrush Hollow Lane, near Standifer Gap Road. As of Thursday afternoon, the sheriff’s office said it had detained a suspect.

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