Police investigating early-morning death in Winter Garden

A woman was shot Monday and later died at a local hospital.

By Amy Quesinberry Price
| 9:29 a.m. October 18, 2021

West Orange Times & Observer
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Winter Garden police are looking for a suspect in the early-morning death of a woman at 531 S. Woodland St. At about 1:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 18, officers responded to a vacant lot in reference to shots fired and located the victim.

The woman, 37-year-old Bowonna S. Rodger, who lives in the Orlando area, was taken to an area hospital, where she died from her injuries.

This is an active and ongoing investigation, and the Winter Garden Police Department has no additional information to share at this time.

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Amy Quesinberry Price

Community Editor Amy Quesinberry Price was born at the old West Orange Memorial Hospital and raised in Winter Garden. Aside from earning her journalism degree from the University of Georgia, she hasn’t strayed too far from her hometown and her three-mile bubble. She grew up reading The Winter Garden Times and knew in the eighth grade she wanted to write for her community newspaper. She has been part of the writing and editing team since 1990.