McDOWELL, KY (WMDJ) — Kentucky State Police are investigating after a Prestonsburg woman was found dead in the McDowell community Thursday.

Troopers from KSP Post 9 in Pikeville were called to a home on East Back Street, where they found 34-year-old Jill Howell unresponsive. Investigators say Howell had suffered a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Floyd County Coroner’s Office.

Her body has been sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy. The case remains under investigation by Detective Joseph Coleman, with assistance from other KSP personnel.