By Associated Press - Sunday, April 6, 2014

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Police in Birmingham are investigating the death of a beauty shop owner who was found fatally shot inside her store.

Lt. Sean Edwards tells AL.com a woman was found inside of Ebony Beauty Supply on 27th Street with a gunshot wound to her chest. She was pronounced dead on the scene and the incident is being investigated as a homicide.

Authorities say a customer saw the owner’s car outside Saturday morning and noticed that the store was closed when it should have been open.

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The woman’s identity hasn’t been released.

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