COBB COUNTY, Ga — An 18-year-old woman is in custody after police say she was the driver in a deadly hit-and-run over the weekend at a metro Atlanta mall.
Cobb County police responded to the Cumberland Mall on Sunday. When they arrived, officers found 25-year-old Paige Jenkins injured in the parking lot after a driver in a Nissan Sentra hit her.
Paramedics took Jenkins to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. She later died from her injuries.
Police have since identified the driver as 18-year-old Vanessa Robinson. Police confirmed to Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell they are investigating the crash as intentional.
Cobb County jail records show that Robinson now faces charges of murder in the commission of a felony and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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