A Texas mother was shot dead outside a PetSmart after confronting a young woman who ‘failed to say thank you’ when she held the door open for her.
Cecilia Simpson, 41, was killed after the argument with the assailant, who allegedly fired multiple bullets at her in Dallas’s Oak Cliff neighborhood on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old suspect, Keona Zachyua Hampton, told police she was ‘just trying to get Simpson away from her,’ according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Fox 5 News.
She was taken into custody at Dallas County Jail on a murder charge, with bond still pending a judge’s decision.
The arrest affidavit revealed that the dispute erupted early Tuesday afternoon as Simpson and her 20-year-old daughter left a Five Below, in the same shopping center as PetSmart.
As she held the door for the suspect on her way out, Hampton allegedly brushed it off without saying ‘thank you,’ according to the affidavit.
An argument quickly erupted after Simpson scolded Hampton for her rudeness, before she and her daughter walked back to their car and drove a short distance to PetSmart.
The mother spotted Hampton heading toward the store just moments later, prompting her to dash inside and warn an employee that she was being followed, according to the court documents.