An employee of the First Citizens Bank was shot during an ambush at her home on Monday afternoon.
Police said 36-year-old Shermell Roberts was ambushed as she drove into the yard of her home at Kitchener Avenue, Barataria around 4 pm.
She was about to exit the vehicle when when another car pulled up alongside hers and a gunman opened fire. The assailants then sped off in their vehicle.
She was shot several times and succumbed to her injuries at hospital.
Roberts was assigned to the First Citizens branch, Queen’s Park Savannah.
Several 9 mm spent shell casings were recovered at the scene.
Police are trying to determine a motive for her murder.