Illinois mom shot dead in front of horrified mourners during funeral procession as tributes pour in

An Illinois mom-of-two has been shot dead while attending a funeral procession.

Heartbreaking tributes have poured in for 34-year-old Rhomesha Turner and concern remains for the two daughters she leaves behind.

Police were called to the scene in Chicago’s southern suburb of Dixmoor to reports of a shooting and a crash on Saturday November 2. There, officers found Rhomesha with apparent gunshot wounds inside a white Jaguar SUV, which had crashed into a home.

She was rushed to Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, where she sadly died. Investigators discovered she had been part of a funeral procession for her dead brother that had just left St. Mark’s Church in Harvey. Her brother had been killed two weeks before in gun violence.

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Rhomesha leaves behind her two daughters – Jayla and Jaide. A tribute to the murdered mom on GoFundMe reads: “She was a light to every one she came into contact with. She was a nursing student at Rasmussen University, a hair braider and above all a phenomenal mother. A lot of people have reached out numerous of times asking how can they help her girls Jayla and Jaide.

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