KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — A real estate agent was gunned down by two unknown men while driving with her five children and her maid in the Taman OUG suburb at about 2.30pm today.

One child, a girl aged 8, was hit by a stray bullet and is in a critical condition, city Criminal Investigation Department chief Rusdi Mohd Isa said, adding that she has been rushed to the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre for treatment.

“We are investigating the motive behind the shooting, as it was learnt that the assailants were circling the business area before the execution,” he told Malay Mail when contacted.

Five shots were fired, the senior policeman said, adding that an examination would be conducted to find out the type of firearm used.

He added that closed-circuit television recording from the surrounding areas would be examined to establish the identities of the assailants.

Rusdi said police were alerted to the incident after the shooting happened and arrived at the crime scene to find the body of the victim slumped in the driver’s seat of her multi-purpose vehicle.

The other four children aged between two and 13, as well as their maid, were unhurt, he said.

He said the police learnt the 32-year-old woman and her family had stopped in a restaurant in Taman OUG for lunch before leaving for Penang when the crime happened.

A police source later told Malay Mail that the victim’s husband is a “Datuk” who has been spending most of his time in China the past three years on business but was home recently for a holiday.

He was driving another car to Penang when he received a call from the police informing him of the shooting.

There have been several shootings this year, with the latest occurring just a week ago on June 29 where a man survived six gunshots from unidentified motorcyclists at KM3.5 of the Kuala Lumpur-Seremban highway.

On June 21, two motorists were injured when they were shot at the traffic lights intersection of the main road with Sunway Batu Caves.

Eight days later, the suspected perpetrator was shot dead at USJ 11, Subang Jaya by the police who were said to be acting in self-defence.

Miri PKR branch secretary Bill Kayong was shot dead on June 21 by an unidentified person at a traffic light junction in his Sarawak hometown.

On June 15, a businessman died after being hit by six out of 10 shots fired by an unidentified motorcyclist at the Sungai Rasau toll plaza in Selangor.

On April 15, two men were shot dead in Sabah after eight shots were fired into the vehicle they were in.

Last Saturday, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar brushed off speculation that the recent shooting incidents in Batu Caves and Cheras were linked to terrorism, saying that there were specific reasons such as a related blackmail attempt in the former case.