A pregnant woman and her unborn child were killed when someone opened fire on her car while driving on a Georgia highway, authorities said.
Akeila Ware, 29, was hit by gunfire from another vehicle as she drove on Highway 18 in Troup County on Tuesday afternoon, sending her Honda Accord careening into a tree, Fox 5 reported.
An arrest was made in the shooting in North Carolina on Thursday, the Troup County Sheriffâs Office announced on social media.
But no further details of the arrest were to be disclosed until a press conference scheduled for Friday morning, according to the office.
Police have said the shooting wasnât a road rage incident.
âThis was a targeted, senseless crime,â Stewart Smith, a spokesman for the sheriffâs office told WSB-TV.
Sheriffâs deputies were called to Highway 18 near East Drummond Road for an âaccident.â But instead, they found Wareâs car riddled with bullet holes on its door, the sheriffâs office said in a news release.
A Troup County sheriffâs spokesman called the incident a âtargeted, senseless crime.âFacebook
Ware, a registered nurse, was 29 years old. Facebook
Ware had to be extricated from the car and was pronounced dead later at a local hospital.
Wareâs mother said her heart was âripped openâ by her daughterâs death.
âYou know, itâs like youâre going to wake up out of it and ⌠itâs not gonna be true,â Twila Ware told Fox 5.
Her mother said Ware was a registered nurse, the station reported.