Innocent Mom Gunned Down At Missouri Gas Station As She Was Buying Frozen Drinks For Her Kids

An guiltless mom was changeable and killed extracurricular a Missouri state position arsenic she bought stiff treats for her children, according to reports. ​

Shakeela Martin, 35, was killed connected June 30 while stopping astatine a BP state position successful Ferguson pinch her children. Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle told KVVU-TV that she was struck by stray gunfire while stepping backmost to her vehicle.

“She was present to acquisition immoderate soft drinks for her young kids,” Doyle said. “They’re physically unhurt but evidently wounded emotionally.​

“You tin only ideate what a kid would spell done watching their mom being murdered successful beforehand of them.”​

Doyle told KTVI that Martin was “totally innocent.”

​Police besides confirmed to nan outlet that different man had been struck by gunfire and was rushed to nan hospital. The as-yet unnamed individual was successful captious condition.

​“We do person immoderate promising leads successful this peculiar case, and our extremity is to dedicate each of nan resources that we person to this family,” Doyle added.​

A friend who was pinch Martin during nan shooting said that respective men had pulled up to nan state position and began shooting astatine different group of group earlier speeding off, KSDK reported.

When nan female looked back, she saw that Martin had been killed. Martin’s relatives said that nan precocious mom had been changeable successful nan head.

Whittley Anderson, Martin’s cousin, told nan outlet that her comparative leaves down 5 children. The youngsters are three, four, nine, 11 and 15 years old. ​

“It was conscionable senseless. It's truthful surreal,” Anderson said. “How tin a female spell to nan store, get slushies for her kids and extremity up dying?” ​

“These kids now person to unrecorded pinch this until they're old, and it will ne'er spell away,” Anderson continued. “It will ne'er time off our family.”​

Anderson besides shared that Martin had been readying to move to a location successful Jennings pinch her family.

“Everybody was really excited astir her move. What do we do now?” she said.

According to a GoFundMe run page launched by Anderson, Martin’s children were nan “center of her world.” The page had raised much than $36,000 arsenic of Monday. ​Funds raised by nan run will spell towards covering her ceremonial expenses, arsenic good arsenic supporting her 5 children.​

“We will everlastingly cherish Shakeela's representation and nan emotion she gave truthful freely to everyone astir her,” nan page concludes.

The Independent has contacted nan Ferguson Police Department for further comment.