Gunman fires more than 70 shots into car, ‘innocent victim’ dies
A group of gunmen rained bullets into a Louisiana gas station, killing a woman who was not their original target, police said.
On June 4, police said a group of gunmen rained down bullets at a gas station in Louisiana, killing a woman who was not their intended target.
Hammond Police Chief Edwin Bergeron Jr. said at a news conference that the suspects used the stolen vehicle to surveil another vehicle at a poultry processing plant. At some point, the possible target got out of the car and Patricia Shepard, 50, who needed a ride home, got in.
The suspects then followed the vehicle to a gas station. When the driver got out of the car, the gunmen fired 70 to 80 shots into the car, killing Shepard, the video showed.
Bergeron called Shepard a “totally innocent victim” and said, “Unfortunately, she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
Bergeron said the getaway vehicle used in the shooting was also involved in a carjacking in McComb, Mississippi. The chief declined to discuss a motive for the shooting, but said police were actively investigating leads regarding two or three suspects.
“We will not rest until these despicable people go to prison,” Bergeron said.
