Alexandria Cress Borys was shot and killed in front of her children. (Lexington County Sheriff's Office) The South Carolina woman killed in a Kroger parking lot was shot after she "spit at" the suspect during an argument "over who had the right-of-way," the local police chief told Fox News Digital, citing witnesses.Witnesses told Irmo, South Carolina, authorities that Alexandria Cress Borys, 26, was gunned down around 4 p.m.
on Feb. 14 after she and the alleged shooter, a stranger named Christina Harrison, argued "over who had the right-of-way" in the parking lot of a local Kroger supermarket, Irmo Police Chief Bobby Dale said.Borys was on foot and loading groceries into her car when she and Harrison, who was driving a vehicle, "exchanged some words," Dale told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.SOUTH CAROLINA MOTHER SHOT TO DEATH IN FRONT OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN KROGER PARKING LOT"According to witnesses, the two exchanged some words and that’s around the time Borys spit at Harrison," Dale wrote in an email. "Borys turned away and was simultaneously shot by Harrison."Harrison shot Borys one time in the back of the head, Dale said.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.FLORIDA PREGNANT MOTHER SHOT AND KILLED WHILE PARKED IN CAR, POLICE SAYPolice said Harrison fled the scene in her white Ford vehicle but turned herself in to authorities around 5:30 p.m.
that day. Harrison, 23, was charged with murder, unlawfully carrying a pistol and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.