Police: Woman fatally shot in drive-thru while son sat in backseat

A Pennsylvania teacher was shot and killed as she sat in a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru lane Tuesday, according to police.

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The woman, Rachel King, 35, was going through the drive-thru at 7:40 a.m. with her son in the backseat when she was shot in what authorities are calling a “targeted murder,” WTXF-TV reported.

King was killed at the Dunkin’ at Melrose Shopping Center in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, according to a press release from the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office.

Authorities said King’s 11-year-old son was not injured, People reported.

According to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele, a light-colored sedan was seen driving directly behind King’s vehicle when she turned into the restaurant’s parking lot. The car parked a short distance away from the drive-thru lane.

“A Black male exited the sedan and walked up to the driver’s side of King’s vehicle, where he fired numerous shots through the driver’s side window, before fleeing back to his vehicle and leaving the scene, driving eastbound on Cheltenham Avenue,” the release states.

The man was described as having a thin build and was wearing light-colored pants and a dark-colored, hooded sweatshirt with the hood up covering his head, authorities said.

Steele said in the release that the woman was apparently targeted.

“This appears to be a targeted murder of a mother,” Steele said in the release, adding that the suspect “did not attempt to open the victim’s vehicle door, nor did he appear to communicate with her prior to shooting her numerous times through her driver’s side window.”

King worked at Grover Cleveland Elementary School for more than a decade, according to a GoFundMe page.

Mastery Charter Schools provided a statement to WTXF, confirming King’s death:

“This morning, a teacher from Mastery’s Grover Cleveland Elementary was the victim of a fatal shooting in Philadelphia. We send our deepest condolences to her family and loved ones. We are devastated by the loss of an extraordinary teacher, who spent the last 10 years working with our students and their families.”