Photo: Greensboro Police DepartmentA North Carolina mother of three was fatally shot while she was out shopping for last minute party favors for her son’s 8th birthday.William Christopher toldWFMYthat his wife, 26-year-old Carolyn Rose Tiger, was killed “in the middle of his birthday party.”Greensboro Police Departments Police said Tiger was driving a black Nissan with two other passengers around 4:30 p.m. March 3 when she got into a “minor traffic accident” with another motorist, Greensboro Police Department PIO Ronald Glenn tells PEOPLE.Glenn says Tiger drove off from the scene but less than a mile later, the same motorist, who was driving a newer model Hyundai in light blue, pulled in front of her, got out of his car, picked up a rifle from his trunk and fired on her vehicle.Witnesses said the shooter, described as an African American male in his 20s with a muscular build, then got back into his vehicle and drove off.Carolyn Rose Tiger.Greensboro Police DepartmentChristopher told WFMY that he had received a text from his wife just minutes before the shooting. “She texted me around 4:30 p.m. (Sunday) and said she was on the way and around 5 I got the text that said she was at the hospital,” he said.Police responded to the intersection of Patton Avenue and S. Elm-Eugene Street in Greensboro where they found Tiger’s car crashed into a fence. Tiger had been shot but the two other passengers were uninjured.According to WFMY, Tiger’s 2-year-old son was asleep in his car seat during the shooting. Also in the car was a 14-year-old family friend, who was in the passenger seat.Tiger was taken to Moses Cone Hospital where she died.“This was a random act of violence,” Glenn tells PEOPLE. “Very rarely do we see minor accidents evolving into this extreme violence.”Glenn says investigators do not believe that Tiger and the shooter knew each other.Tiger’s family says the young mom was killed for nothing.“Look how much you took away for nothing – absolutely nothing,” a family member told WFMY.“Anyone who knew her will always remember her,” her mother Teata Haugen told the station. “There was just so much life, so much to give, never sought out the bad in anyone.”• Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?Click hereto get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.Now, all the family wants is for her killer to be caught.“We just need justice we just need this person to come forward,” Haugen said, according to WFMY.Glenn says investigators are hoping the public will assist them in identifying the shooter, who was wearing blue jeans, a jacket and a black skull cap.“Regardless of how big or small the tip we encourage anyone to come forward,” he says.Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 336-373-1000, or text the tip to 274637 using the keyword badboyz.
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A North Carolina mother of three was fatally shot while she was out shopping for last minute party favors for her son’s 8th birthday.William Christopher toldWFMYthat his wife, 26-year-old Carolyn Rose Tiger, was killed “in the middle of his birthday party.”Greensboro Police Departments Police said Tiger was driving a black Nissan with two other passengers around 4:30 p.m. March 3 when she got into a “minor traffic accident” with another motorist, Greensboro Police Department PIO Ronald Glenn tells PEOPLE.Glenn says Tiger drove off from the scene but less than a mile later, the same motorist, who was driving a newer model Hyundai in light blue, pulled in front of her, got out of his car, picked up a rifle from his trunk and fired on her vehicle.Witnesses said the shooter, described as an African American male in his 20s with a muscular build, then got back into his vehicle and drove off.Carolyn Rose Tiger.Greensboro Police DepartmentChristopher told WFMY that he had received a text from his wife just minutes before the shooting. “She texted me around 4:30 p.m. (Sunday) and said she was on the way and around 5 I got the text that said she was at the hospital,” he said.Police responded to the intersection of Patton Avenue and S. Elm-Eugene Street in Greensboro where they found Tiger’s car crashed into a fence. Tiger had been shot but the two other passengers were uninjured.According to WFMY, Tiger’s 2-year-old son was asleep in his car seat during the shooting. Also in the car was a 14-year-old family friend, who was in the passenger seat.Tiger was taken to Moses Cone Hospital where she died.“This was a random act of violence,” Glenn tells PEOPLE. “Very rarely do we see minor accidents evolving into this extreme violence.”Glenn says investigators do not believe that Tiger and the shooter knew each other.Tiger’s family says the young mom was killed for nothing.“Look how much you took away for nothing – absolutely nothing,” a family member told WFMY.“Anyone who knew her will always remember her,” her mother Teata Haugen told the station. “There was just so much life, so much to give, never sought out the bad in anyone.”• Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?Click hereto get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.Now, all the family wants is for her killer to be caught.“We just need justice we just need this person to come forward,” Haugen said, according to WFMY.Glenn says investigators are hoping the public will assist them in identifying the shooter, who was wearing blue jeans, a jacket and a black skull cap.“Regardless of how big or small the tip we encourage anyone to come forward,” he says.Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 336-373-1000, or text the tip to 274637 using the keyword badboyz.
A North Carolina mother of three was fatally shot while she was out shopping for last minute party favors for her son’s 8th birthday.
William Christopher toldWFMYthat his wife, 26-year-old Carolyn Rose Tiger, was killed “in the middle of his birthday party.”
Greensboro Police Departments Police said Tiger was driving a black Nissan with two other passengers around 4:30 p.m. March 3 when she got into a “minor traffic accident” with another motorist, Greensboro Police Department PIO Ronald Glenn tells PEOPLE.
Glenn says Tiger drove off from the scene but less than a mile later, the same motorist, who was driving a newer model Hyundai in light blue, pulled in front of her, got out of his car, picked up a rifle from his trunk and fired on her vehicle.
Witnesses said the shooter, described as an African American male in his 20s with a muscular build, then got back into his vehicle and drove off.
Carolyn Rose Tiger.Greensboro Police Department
Christopher told WFMY that he had received a text from his wife just minutes before the shooting. “She texted me around 4:30 p.m. (Sunday) and said she was on the way and around 5 I got the text that said she was at the hospital,” he said.
Police responded to the intersection of Patton Avenue and S. Elm-Eugene Street in Greensboro where they found Tiger’s car crashed into a fence. Tiger had been shot but the two other passengers were uninjured.
According to WFMY, Tiger’s 2-year-old son was asleep in his car seat during the shooting. Also in the car was a 14-year-old family friend, who was in the passenger seat.
Tiger was taken to Moses Cone Hospital where she died.
“This was a random act of violence,” Glenn tells PEOPLE. “Very rarely do we see minor accidents evolving into this extreme violence.”
Glenn says investigators do not believe that Tiger and the shooter knew each other.
Tiger’s family says the young mom was killed for nothing.
“Look how much you took away for nothing – absolutely nothing,” a family member told WFMY.
“Anyone who knew her will always remember her,” her mother Teata Haugen told the station. “There was just so much life, so much to give, never sought out the bad in anyone.”
• Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?Click hereto get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.
Now, all the family wants is for her killer to be caught.
“We just need justice we just need this person to come forward,” Haugen said, according to WFMY.
Glenn says investigators are hoping the public will assist them in identifying the shooter, who was wearing blue jeans, a jacket and a black skull cap.
“Regardless of how big or small the tip we encourage anyone to come forward,” he says.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 336-373-1000, or text the tip to 274637 using the keyword badboyz.
source: people.com
