Sherwood police: Death a homicide

The Sherwood Police Department said Thursday that it is investigating the death of an elderly woman as a homicide.

Authorities were called around 8 a.m. to an address on Shoshoni Drive in Sherwood in reference to a person found unresponsive inside a home, said agency spokesman Keith Wilson in a statement.

When officers arrived, they discovered the woman dead, Wilson said. Detectives were called out to the scene shortly after.

The woman’s death is the fifth homicide so far this year in Sherwood, according to police. Her identity is being withheld pending notification of her family.

Additional information regarding the homicide was not immediately available.

No suspects were named Thursday.