Kyla Cooper was 24 when she was shot and killed in the driveway of a home on Golfview Terrace in Conyers, Georgia, on June 20, 2024. She was a mother of two young children, ages 4 and 5, and had recently learned she was pregnant; she had gone to the home to tell her boyfriend Rashad Thompson about the pregnancy around 12:45 a.m. A verbal confrontation with another woman, Arkia Tate, reportedly escalated and Tate is alleged to have produced a firearm and shot Kyla. Neighbors said they heard the argument and a gunshot and one witness saw a car speed away from the scene with its lights off.

Kyla was found in the driveway with a fatal gunshot wound; an autopsy was pending. Arkia Tate was arrested and charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Rashad Thompson was arrested at the scene on unrelated drug and weapons possession charges. The family says Kyla never had a chance to defend herself in the sudden encounter.

Does anyone have information about Kyla, her movements that night, or what led to the confrontation?