A 22-year-old mother of three has died days after she was shot multiple times while sitting inside a car in southwest Atlanta, police say. Nadia Deen was shot near Murphy Avenue and Osborne Street and died at the hospital after several days, according to her family and investigators.
Investigators say Deen was sitting in the car with a man when he opened fire, shooting her several times inside the vehicle, according to WSB-TV. Police told FOX 5 Atlanta that the woman and a man were sitting together in the car when he suddenly started shooting her over and over. Officers responded to the area after calls came in about gunfire, though accounts of the exact response time vary, with FOX 5 reporting officers rushed to the scene around both 7:30 p.m. and, in a separate report, around 7:34 p.m. Tuesday, while Atlanta News First reported officers were called to the location at around 7:35 p.m.
Gunman Allegedly Kept Firing After Dragging Her From the Car
After the initial shooting, the man pulled Deen out of the car and onto the ground, investigators say. Surveillance video reviewed by police shows the suspect attempted to shoot her again while she was on the pavement, but the gun jammed, according to the same report from FOX 5 Atlanta. The shooter then got back into the car and shut the passenger door, per that report.
Police say the gunman then got behind the wheel of what had been Deen’s vehicle and fired toward her again as she tried to get help, according to a separate FOX 5 Atlanta account of the surveillance footage. Investigators have not identified the shooter or released a description beyond what the video shows, the station reported. No arrests have been made, and police have not publicly identified any suspects.
Family Remembers a Mother of Three Young Sons
Deen’s family describes her as the mother of three young sons, including a 4-year-old and 2-year-old twins. Her family has set up a GoFundMe campaign to help offset funeral costs and support her children going forward. In a statement shared by her family, they wrote that they are holding on to hope for healing, justice, and a future with support for her boys…