The Richardson Police Department (RPD) said officers raced to the parking lot of a Starbucks located at 4151 E. Renner Road in the Dallas suburb at 7:12 p.m. on Monday, April 18 after they were notified of a shooting.
There police found Kentoria Nicole Edwards, 52, had suffered a gunshot wound. Officers arrested Tranisa Octavin Trana Watts, 23, in connection with the shooting.
In a Tuesday Facebook post, an RPD spokesperson said: “The first officer to arrive spotted the identified suspect, Watts, attempting to leave the location with a child and apprehended her.
“Additional officers arriving located the victim, Edwards, and immediately began life-saving measures after observing a gunshot wound.
“Paramedics arrived and transported Edwards to the hospital where she was pronounced deceased. The child was unharmed.”
An RPD spokesperson said officers later learned that Watts had asked to see her child and Edwards agreed they could meet at the Starbucks.
Edwards was the child’s grandmother and had full custody of the child, according to the police.
Police allege that, during the visit, Watts pulled out a handgun, shot Edwards and tried to leave the Starbucks with the child.
Police charged Watts with capital murder.
A homicide investigation has been launched and anyone with information is asked to call the RPD at 972-744-4800.
Newsweek has contacted the RPD for comment.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, a database that collects information about shootings across the U.S., two people in Richardson have been shot dead this year.
More widely across Texas, dozens of people have been shot and killed since January 1 this year, the database reported.
Newsweek has reported on numerous shootings in the state where women have been killed or wounded.
Earlier this year, a man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after shooting his girlfriend at a beef plant in Texas.
The San Angelo Police Department said a 57-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman were in a dating relationship and had been working at the Lone Star Beef plant.
Police said the two got into an argument that escalated to the point where the man pulled out a gun and shot the woman.
A mother in Killeen, Texas, was shot dead while visiting her son’s grave on what would have been his 22nd birthday.
Yolanda N’Gaojia, 52, had been visiting her son Amir’s gravesite at the Calvary Baptist Church Garden of Memories Cemetery when the shooting happened in March.
