The woman shot to death in her car at Orleans Avenue and North Broad Street Tuesday has been identified by her father as Sully Simmons.

Lonnie Simmons Sr. said Tuesday evening that his daughter, 33, was the woman gunned down in her car near after leaving a gas station just before 1 p.m. He said she died on the birthday of her sister, Coty Simmons, who was killed in 2008 while pregnant. He also confirmed his 1-year-old grandson was in the car with Sully, 33, when she was shot, but declined to discuss the matter further.

Officers responded to a report of gunfire at the 2700 block of Orleans Avenue and found a woman in a vehicle who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. New Orleans Emergency Medical Services transported the woman to a hospital, where she died.

Police also found a 2-year-old boy in the backseat of the vehicle and said the toddler was unharmed.

People gathered at the scene, who asked not to be identified, said they saw the occupants of a white Nissan Altima open fire on the woman as she was leaving the service station at Orleans and North Broad.

Video recorded by witnesses after the shooting show a woman slumped over in the driver’s seat of a silver, four-door sedan while a toddler wearing tiny orange high-top sneakers cries from his back seat behind her.

“Take the baby out of there,” a man’s voice says in the recording. “The lady, she got shot in her car, and the baby’s in the car.”

At least six bullet holes riddled the vehicle, four in the driver’s side front door and one in the window.

“The fact that the child lost a mother, just like that, probably over … the stupidest thing,” the male witness said. “These problems — it’s not worth a life.”

No other details were immediately available, including any possible suspects or a potential motive in the crime. Anyone with information regarding the shooting is asked to call Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111. Tipsters may be eligible for a cash reward.

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