Woman, 42, shot and killed inside vehicle in Roseland
CHICAGO (CBS)-- A 42-year-old woman is dead after being shot and killed inside a car in Roseland early Friday morning.
Police said the woman, identified as Ahkevah Petway-Moody by the Medical Examiner's Office, was a passenger in a vehicle, in the 10700 block of South State Street around 1 a.m., when an unknown offender fired shots.
Our Sabrina Franza spoke with Ahkeevah's mother who said she was proud of her daughter who was a beloved dance instructor and mother to six children.
"You've hurt six children, three grandchildren, you've hurt a great, great grandmother. and most of all you hurt her parent," said Donna Petway-Johnson.
That's the message she relayed to the offender. No one knows who or why it happened.
Ahkevah was a beloved dance instructor with a passion for teaching tap and jazz -- she'd been doing that since she was 14 years old.
She graduated with honors from Rich South High School before starting to study accounting and dance at Olive Harvey College. She never got to finish.
Surveillance video from across the street from the scene captures police lights on for hours -- investigating what happened. By the time donna got the call -- her daughter had already been taken to Christ Hospital and was pronounced dead.
"I don't want any other parent to have to experience this. and I know I'm not the first one. I know there have been bullets that have come through people's windows and have killed their children innocently. I understand all of that. I just want you all to understand, you're taking people's lives like they're nothing," Donna said.
No one is in custody as of Friday. Area Two detectives are investigating.
