Pregnant Akeila Ware a nurse shot dead by gunfire from another vehicle
Pregnant driver, 29, and her unborn child are killed after gunman opens fire from another vehicle ‘in targeted attack’ on Georgia highway sending her Honda crashing into a tree
- Akeila Ware, 29, a nurse, was shot by gunfire from another vehicle on Tuesday
- Cops found her Honda crashed into tree, riddled with bullet holes at 12.50pm
- She was rushed to a Columbus-area hospital in critical condition
- She and the unborn child were later pronounced dead
- An arrest was made in NC on Thursday in connection with the incident
A pregnant woman and her unborn child have been killed after a gunman opened fire ‘in a targeted attack’ while she was driving down a Georgia highway.
Akeila Ware, 29, a nurse, was shot from another vehicle, sending her Honda Accord head-on into a tree off Highway 18 in Troup County on Tuesday.
Officers rushed to the crash at 12.50pm where they found Ware unresponsive in the driver’s seat and multiple bullet holes peppered across the vehicle.
She was rushed to a Columbus-area hospital in critical condition. She and the unborn child were later pronounced dead, according to The Atlanta Constitution Journal.
An arrest was made in North Carolina on Thursday in connection with the incident but police have provided no further details.
Akeila Ware, 29, a nurse, was shot by gunfire from another vehicle, sending her Honda Accord head-on into a tree off Highway 18 in Troup County on Tuesday.
‘It does appear to be a targeted crime at this point, not a random road rage,’ said Sgt. Stewart Smith.
Earlier police said they were seeking the driver of a silver Nissan with possible front-end damage.
Two purple star balloons and a single piece of crime scene tape marked the location of the crash on Tuesday evening.
Ware’s family spoke to Fox 5 on Wednesday, prior to the arrest, saying that they could not believe what had happened.
Police cars at the scene of the crash on Tuesday on Highway 18 in Georgia
Her mother, Twila Ware, told the station: ‘You know, it’s like you’re going to wake up out of it and, you know, it’s not gonna be true, it’s not gonna so …
‘She was a mother, a daughter, cousin, friend, so anybody with information.’
Her cousin Santoria Johnson described her relative as ‘a very smart, bright young lady.’
‘Anybody with information, please come forward,’ said Johnson. ‘Do it for her family, her kids especially.’
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