Family seeks justice after 22-year-old killed in SW Atlanta ambush
Family reeling after deadly ambush of Atlanta mother
Atlanta police released surveillance footage and Crime Stoppers offered an up to $5,000 reward after a 22-year-old woman was fatally shot multiple times inside and outside a vehicle in southwest Atlanta.
ATLANTA - The family of a 22-year-old mother gunned down in southwest Atlanta is pleading for justice as police search for the man who shot her.
Atlanta police confirm the arrest of 23-year-old Torodd Woods, who turned himself into the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office on Monday evening.
What we know:
Investigators report Nadia Shamsid-Deen was in a vehicle with a man at Murphy Avenue SW and Osborne Street when he started shooting her.
Authorities say the suspect then pulled Shamsid-Deen out of the car and tried shooting her again, but the gun jammed.
Investigators report the shooter then got back into the car and fired again before leaving her on the street and fleeing the scene.
What they're saying:
"He had no remorse... none," said her mother, Erica Harris.
Shamsid-Deen leaves behind three young boys, ages 2 and 4, who are now facing life without their mother.
"They'll never even remember her," Harris shared through tears. "Her voice, talking to her, we talked all the time... that's what I'll miss the most."
Harris is calling for the shooter to face the harshest legal consequences possible.
"I need for him to be in prison for the rest of his life," she said. "I don't ever want him to see the light of day again."
Harris said her daughter knew the shooter and did not feel safe.
"A friend did tell me that she had expressed that to her," she said. "If I had of known that my daughter was afraid for her life, things would have gone totally different."
Surveillance video captures an armed suspect who repeatedly shot a woman inside a vehicle before stealing her car near Osborne Street SW and Murphy Avenue SW in southwest Atlanta on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 (Atlanta Police Department).
What we don't know:
Authorities have not disclosed the specific motive behind the gunfire.
It is unclear when Wood will make a first appearance or if he has obtained legal representation.
What you can do:
The family has launched an online fundraiser to assist with burial costs and to support the victim's children.
The Source: The information in this story was gathered from the Atlanta Police Department, who detailed the sequence of the shooting and the ongoing search for the suspect, as well as Erica Harris, the mother of victim Nadia Shamsid-Deen.