Mother demands stiffest punishment for man accused of killing her daughter – WSB-TV

Mother demands stiffest punishment for man accused of killing her daughter  WSB-TV

Erika Harris seeks justice for her daughter after surveillance video showed Torodd Woods allegedly shooting her in Atlanta. ATLANTA — The mother of a 22-year-old woman shot and killed in southwest Atlanta is demanding the stiffest punishment possible for the man accused of killing her daughter. Erika Harris says the death of Nadia Shamsid-Deen has crushed her family. Atlanta police say surveillance video captured 25-year-old Torodd Woods shooting Shamsid-Deen, his girlfriend and a mother of three, several times on Murphy Avenue. Officers say Woods then got back into a car and drove away. He has since turned himself in. Harris says detectives described the surveillance video to her before she watched it herself.

“But when I saw that it was, I have no words,” Harris said. “There’s no reason why. She didn’t have a gun. She was smaller than him,” Harris said. Harris is urging young people to end their fascination with guns and the destruction of lives, including the lives of victims and their families. She also recalled delivering Nadia, her firstborn child, saying the experience was rough. But she says that pain doesn’t compare to losing her daughter. Harris says knowing Woods is behind bars doesn’t bring her comfort. “My baby is gone. I can’t imagine comfort,” she said. Woods had just gotten out of prison in April