Meagan Stanford, of Greenville, South Carolina, was shot and killed at a Shell station in Columbus, Ohio, police said.
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A woman in the process of moving from South Carolina to Ohio was fatally shot in an attempted carjacking at a gas station, cops say.
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The death of Meagan Kennedy Stanford on Sunday, Feb. 26, in a northern suburb of Columbus was part of a shooting spree carried out by Keith Moser, the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
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Moser is believed to have tried to steal a car off an Interstate 71 exit ramp, leading to him firing shots at the vehicle, authorities said.
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He then went to a Shell gas station, where he is accused of trying to steal a minivan as Stanford was pumping gas. Stanford, of Greenville, South Carolina, was shot and killed by the attempted carjacker, authorities said.
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Moser turned and shot at a U-Haul van, but the male driver of the U-Haul returned fire, hitting him, the sheriff’s office said.
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Moser, of Columbus, died at the scene after being shot multiple times, according to the sheriff.
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Stanford, a 39-year-old mother of four and a grandma, was moving to Ohio “to come build a home with her three younger boys and her husband,” a family friend told WSPA.
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Her three sons and husband witnessed the shooting.
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“My 11-year-old brother called me, in the midst of the panic, and I knew,” Stanford’s daughter, Alexia Vasquez, told WSPA. “I knew what was happening the whole time I was on the phone.”
Loved ones remembered Stanford as “such a beautiful soul“who was”beloved by many.”
“A room was never dark when you were present,” Mandi Shaw said in a Facebook post. “You left a little bit of sparkle and glitter behind wherever you were.”
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Shortly before the fatal shooting, Moser was involved in several incidents in Columbus, according to media reports.
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He is accused of stealing an unoccupied Chevy from a gas station, then abandoning it eight minutes later to steal a BMW, the Mansfield News Journal reported.
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About ten minutes later, Moser reportedly fired shots in an attempted robbery of a food delivery driver, according to WCMH.
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No injuries were reported in any of the Columbus incidents.
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