Mom of 5 taking smoke break from Bank of America job is randomly gunned down outside branch, family says
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A North Carolina mother of five, having dedicated nearly two decades to her role at Bank of America, was tragically shot and killed during a cigarette break outside a branch in Charlotte, according to her family.

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Insets, top to bottom: Sam’on Smith (Mecklenburg County Jail) and Ina Michelle Lang (GoFundMe). Background: The Bank of America in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Smith allegedly killed Lang (WSOC/YouTube).

Officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded swiftly around 10:30 a.m. on Friday to reports of a shooting at the Bank of America located on the 9700 block of Callabridge Court. Upon arrival, they discovered 50-year-old Ina Michelle Lang with a gunshot wound. Sadly, paramedics declared her deceased at the scene.

Authorities quickly apprehended 22-year-old Sam’on Andrew Smith, identifying him as the potential shooter. He now faces charges of first-degree murder.

The motive behind this tragic incident remains unclear, as police have not released any information. However, Lang’s family shared with local ABC station WSOC that they suspect she was targeted during her smoke break.

In response to this heartbreaking event, Lang’s colleagues have initiated a GoFundMe campaign to assist her husband with funeral expenses.

Lang’s co-workers started a GoFundMe account to help her husband raise money for her funeral.

“Ina Lang was a beloving mother and a committed wife with her husband Mike,” the account description says. “She had the most amazing work ethic having been at Bank of America for over 20 years in Charlotte where her life was taken from her over a senseless shooting. We will always remember Ina as one of the strongest employees we’ve worked with and she treated our team as a family. She brought a motherly spirit to our team and will always be remembered as someone that never missed an opportunity to give, and having a heart bigger than she knew what to do with.”

WSOC spoke with Smith’s uncle, who said the suspect was arrested at his mother’s house.

“My sister told me that the police was surrounding the house and she needed me over there,” George Wise said in an interview with the outlet.

Wise called his nephew a “good dude” and said he was never the type of person who was “on the block or out there banging.”

Smith is at the Mecklenburg County Jail without bond.

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