There were several other children, ranging in age from 6 to 15, inside the house at the time.
Police say they received a call from someone inside the home around 5 a.m.
"It's very tragic. It's senseless. And not only in the Atlanta area, but in the country we have got to do something about this violence," Clayton County Police Chief Michael Register said.
Police say it appears two families live in the home and no parents were there at the time of the shooting.
There are no suspects at this time, but police say they do have several leads.
"We are certainly going to expend every resource we have to find who did this," Register said.
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