Mother killed by carjacking suspects in front of her two children after hit and run
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Two small children were inside a vehicle as a mother was shot and killed during a violent crime spree in southwest Houston overnight, police said.
Police are now looking for two suspects they say left a trail of terror involving three different crime scenes.
This tragic case all started around 9pm Monday when the driver of a gray Jeep Commander was carjacked at West Bellfort and Kirkwood.
Police said two men sped off in the Jeep. A short time later, they got into a minor crash with a white Ford Explorer near a Walmart in Stafford.
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The man driving the Explorer took off after the Jeep, which tried to flee the scene of the accident. Sitting next to that man was his wife, 29-year-old Jessica Lynn Mills.
Behind them sat two small children, a 4-month-month-old and a 4-year-old.
Both vehicles ended up in a parking lot near Wilcrest and the Southwest Freeway, where the driver of the stolen Jeep got out and opened fire on the Explorer, investigators said.
Police say Mills, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was shot in the back. Crews tried getting her help, but she died a short time later.
Police say the suspects are described as black men between the ages of 16 and 20. The Jeep has a Texas license plate of CN5X057.
The victim's husband and the two children inside the Explorer were not injured. Police said they were interviewing the husband and the carjacking victim in hopes of catching the woman's killers.
"I didn't even get to tell her goodbye or anything," Mills' husband, Edward Scott said. "I never thought in a million years I would lose her this way."
Police add a public warning to anyone involved in a hit-and-run crash. If you are ever hit and the other driver takes off, officers say you need to call police.
