Photo: Cortney L Eckhoff.
A woman was shot dead during a robbery at an ATM in Charlotte, North Carolina, earlier this week.
A representative for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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Major Brian Foley called the shooting a “random act” at aCMPD news conferenceearlier this week.
“It’s heinous, it is disgusting, and it pains me to have to come up and stand here in front of people and talk about that,” Foley said at the time. “But we want to find justice, we want to find people that killed this poor woman.”
Fox Newsspoke to Baker’s niece, Cortney Eckhoff, who said her aunt “was an amazing woman.”
“She inspired so many people and was a beautiful soul. She was the last person I know that deserved this. She would have given anyone the shirt off her back,” she said. “And I’m sure she would have given the horrible person that shot her anything she had. Because her heart was pure gold! She was the most incredible person I knew.”
Baker had three sons, a daughter and three grandchildren, Eckhofftold theCharlotteObserver.
Her son, Will McClure, told the publication that his mother “was one in a million,” adding: “She was a victim of a senseless evil.”
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The shooting incident has caused business owners in the area to reconsider the safety of their customers and employees.
“I do worry about their safety,” he added to the publication. “I don’t know if we can take extra measures to see if we can have security on the premises on a regular basis, but it will definitely be addressed.”
source: people.com
