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Shakeela Martin, 35, was killed late Tuesday night outside a BP gas station at South Florissant and Woodstock roads in Ferguson, Missouri, after gunfire erupted in the parking lot as she walked back to her vehicle with two of her children.
Police say Martin, a mother of five, was an innocent bystander caught in crossfire that originated from an altercation inside the convenience store.
What Happened Outside the Ferguson BP Station Ferguson Police Department investigators said the confrontation began inside the gas station before spilling into the parking lot shortly before midnight.
Martin had stopped at the station with her 9-year-old and 6-year-old children to purchase frozen drinks on a hot summer night when multiple rounds of gunfire broke out.
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