4:15 P.M. UPDATE – The former live-in boyfriend is the suspect in the death of a 44-year-old Oakwood woman who was gunned down Thursday night at a Mountain View Road convenience store – and authorities say she was shot several times outside the place and again inside it.
Investigators identified the victim as Tia Vidon Keith and the shooter remained at large late Friday afternoon.
Keith arrived at the Subhanallah Food Mart just after 9:30 p.m. to make a purchase, investigators said. “When she returned to her vehicle, the suspect was waiting in the passenger seat,” Hall County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman B.J. Williams said. “For an unknown reason, the suspect shot Ms. multiple times inside the car. Keith managed to escape and ran back into the store, but the suspect followed and shot her again. She died on the floor of the business.”
The store clerk and a customer were inside at the time but were not injured. Deputies from the Hall County Sheriff’s Office and Oakwood Police Department arrived minutes later, responding to a 911 call from the clerk.
Authorities said they have viable leads on the suspect’s location but are withholding details for the safety of law enforcement personnel conducting the search.
3:15 P.M. UPDATE -The owner of the South Hall convenience store where a woman was shot and killed last night was a “regular customer,” the owner of the store said today. Meanwhile, the search for her killer was continuing at last check.
Farooq Khan said the woman whose name had not been released as of mid-afternoon Friday, told ANF the victim came into the store at least once or twice a day.
Investigators said earlier today she appeared to be “specifically targeted.”
(EARLIER STORY. POSTED 8:15 THIS MORNING – A woman was shot and killed at a convenience store on Mountain View Road last night.
At last report, the shooter remained at large, and investigators believe the victim was “specifically” targeted.
As a result of the investigation, roads around the scene of the shooting, 2925 Mountain View Road, remained closed until near daybreak.
An internet search shows the Subhanallah Food Mart is located at that address which is at the intersection with Old Oakwood Road.