Brazil, Lawyer K.G. was shot dead in the West Zone of Rio, near where she would be living.

She is the daughter a businessman, who owned a local newspaper distributor and acted as real estate broker in Rio.

According to police, the woman was 44 years old and was murdered as she walked in front of the a condominium with her 13-year-old son. The child wasn't harmed in the attack.

A hooded man got out of a car - which would be a black Renault - and fired several shots at the woman.

Witnesses said the killer approached the victim from behind and used some kind of muffler on the gun to commit the crime.