A 22-year-old Cincinnati, Ohio woman has been charged with first-degree premeditated homicide and felony firearm for the fatal shooting of her mother in Southfield.

Riley Donaldson is accused of entering her mother’s home in the 18000 block of Bainbridge Drive at around 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 5, armed with a firearm which she allegedly used to kill Ada Mae Simmons-Jones, 45. According to Southfield Police Chief Elvin Barren, in her rush to leave the Bainbridge Drive house after the shooting Donaldson left her purse behind. The firearm used in the homicide has not been recovered, Barren added.

Investigators utilized surveillance video and other technology to determine Donaldson was in the home for just a few minutes — when the homicide reportedly occurred — and then immediately fled to Ohio,

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