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Erica Anderson was fatally shot by her roommate, who authorities said believed she was an intruder

Authorities have ruled the shooting an accident

Anderson had just returned to her home in Georgia after visiting her husband and kids in Indiana

A professor and mother of three children was fatally shot by her roommate who mistook her for an intruder.

Erica Anderson, 31, died in a shooting in Columbus, Ga., that authorities have deemed accidental, according to reports from WTVM and the Ledger-Inquirer .

Anderson had returned home just after midnight on Monday, Oct. 13 from a visit with her husband and kids, who are living in Indiana, WTVM reported.

WTVM spoke to Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan who said that Anderson's roommate had received alleged terroristic thr

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