Pennsylvania woman found dead in car after shooting at Dunkin' Donuts
The killing was a 'targeted murder of a mother,' police said
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A woman was shot and killed in the drive-thru lane of a Philadelphia-area Dunkin' Donuts on Tuesday in a "targeted murder," all while her young child was in the backseat, authorities said.
Rachel King, 35, was driving in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, around 7:40 a.m., when she pulled into a shopping center and into the drive-thru lane of the donut shop, FOX 29 Philadelphia reported.
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The scene where a woman was shot and killed in her vehicle with her 1-year-old son seated in the back while waiting in a Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru lane. (WTXF)
A vehicle believed to be a Ford or Mercury was seen driving behind her and parking nearby. A man got out and walked over to King's vehicle and opened fire multiple times through the driver's side window.
King's 1-year-old son was in the backseat. The child was unharmed. The shooter fled the scene in a vehicle.
"This appears to be a targeted murder of a mother," Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said. "Anyone with information about this vehicle or the driver is asked to call police and help us find whoever committed this heinous murder."
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Responding officers found King dead in her vehicle. No arrests have been made.