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Mother of five shot, killed at Milwaukee gas station

WISN 12 News obtained surveillance video that shows 36-year-old Nyeshia Liggins get into a van at the Citgo gas station and moments later, run back inside and collapse.

Mother of five shot, killed at Milwaukee gas station

WISN 12 News obtained surveillance video that shows 36-year-old Nyeshia Liggins get into a van at the Citgo gas station and moments later, run back inside and collapse.

DETECTIVES ARE WORKING WITH TONIGHT. CAROLINE. WELL, I’VE SPOKEN TO THE VICTIM’S FAMILY. THEY ARE UNDERSTANDABLY DISTRAUGHT, SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS IN THIS CASE. NOW POLICE ARE USING SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE THAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO SEE IN OUR STORY TO HELP TRACK DOWN THE SHOOTER. THIS IS THE VAN AT THE CENTER OF THE MILWAUKEE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S INVESTIGATION FROM A FATAL SHOOTING OVER THE WEEKEND. SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE SHOWS 36 YEAR OLD NYESHA LIGGINS AND A MAN SHOPPING AROUND INSIDE A CITGO GAS STATION NEAR 107TH. AND HEATHER AROUND 1030 SUNDAY MORNING. THE VIDEO SHOWS THE MOTHER OF FIVE PAY OFF THE REGISTER AND LEAVE WITH THE MAN GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE. BUT MOMENTS LATER SHOWS HER RUSH OUT OF THE VAN WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HER ABDOMEN. SOMEONE IN THE VAN SHUTS THE DOOR AFTER HER AND DRIVES OFF. WE STOPPED THE VIDEO. THE MOMENT LIGGINS RUNS BACK INTO THE GAS STATION. IT GOES ON TO SHOW HER BLEED OUT ON THE FLOOR. THE ONLY THING I KNOW IS MY NINE YEAR OLD CALLING ME SCREAMING, SAYING AT OUR MOM BEEN GONE FOR TOO LONG AND SHE AIN’T ANSWERING THE PHONE. THE FATHER OF THREE OF LOGAN’S KIDS ASKED US NOT TO SHOW HIS FACE, THOUGH HE TELLS ME SHE WAS ABOUT TO BECOME A GRANDMOTHER AND WAS FIERCELY LOVED. STILL HOPING THAT THAT IS IF IT’S A JOKE OR A PRANK. BUT A NYESHA HAD A BIG HEART, A BIG HEART. LIKE NYESHA ALWAYS PUT THOSE THAT’S AROUND HER BEFORE HERSELF. POLICE NOW HONING IN ON THIS VEHICLE AND WHOEVER IS INSIDE IT. SO, CAROLINE, THEY’RE OBVIOUSLY SEARCHING FOR THE VEHICLE AND POLICE SAY NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THIS CASE YET AS WELL. RIGHT. JOYCE AND I TALKED TO MULTIPLE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO TELL ME THE MAN, LIGGINS, IS SHOPPING WITHIN THE GAS STATION IS HER BOYFRIEND, THOUGH TH
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Mother of five shot, killed at Milwaukee gas station

WISN 12 News obtained surveillance video that shows 36-year-old Nyeshia Liggins get into a van at the Citgo gas station and moments later, run back inside and collapse.

Police are searching for someone who shot and killed a Milwaukee mother of five outside a gas station Sunday morning.The fatal shooting happened just after 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Citgo gas station on 107th Street and Heather Avenue. Surveillance footage shows 36-year-old Nyeshia Liggins and a man, who family identifies as her boyfriend, shopping around inside the gas station.The video shows the Liggins pay at the register and leave with the man, getting into the vehicle.Moments later, it shows her rush out of the van, clutching her waist with a gunshot wound. The video shows someone inside the van shut the door after Liggins jumps out and drive off. It does not show who shot Liggins inside the van. WISN 12 News paused the video, which goes on to show Liggins bleeding out on the floor of the gas station. Liggins had five children. The father of three of her children spoke to WISN 12 News on Monday. He said Liggins was about to become a grandmother and was fiercely loved by her family. "All I remember is my 9-year-old calling me, screaming and telling me her mom's been gone too long and ain't answering the phone," the father said, who asked to keep his face and name anonymous. "I'm just still hoping it's a joke or a prank. Nyeshia had a big heart, big heart. Nyeshia always put those around her first."Milwaukee police said they have not made any arrests.

Police are searching for someone who shot and killed a Milwaukee mother of five outside a gas station Sunday morning.

The fatal shooting happened just after 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Citgo gas station on 107th Street and Heather Avenue.

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Surveillance footage shows 36-year-old Nyeshia Liggins and a man, who family identifies as her boyfriend, shopping around inside the gas station.

The video shows the Liggins pay at the register and leave with the man, getting into the vehicle.

Moments later, it shows her rush out of the van, clutching her waist with a gunshot wound.

The video shows someone inside the van shut the door after Liggins jumps out and drive off. It does not show who shot Liggins inside the van.

WISN 12 News paused the video, which goes on to show Liggins bleeding out on the floor of the gas station.

The Milwaukee mother of five was shot and killed outside a gas station on Sunday.
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Liggins had five children. The father of three of her children spoke to WISN 12 News on Monday. He said Liggins was about to become a grandmother and was fiercely loved by her family.

"All I remember is my 9-year-old calling me, screaming and telling me her mom's been gone too long and ain't answering the phone," the father said, who asked to keep his face and name anonymous. "I'm just still hoping it's a joke or a prank. Nyeshia had a big heart, big heart. Nyeshia always put those around her first."

Milwaukee police said they have not made any arrests.