Reading about this case over here:
Jackson Jambalaya: Young woman murdered on Fortification Street
Apparently her brother was on TV saying she was turning her life around.
She was shot in the back? Was she turned away, talking to the passenger? If so, timely distraction. I'd rule out her passenger having anything to do with this.
Every teen and young adult I know, that has given his or her life to Christ, refers to it as turning their life around. It certainly doesn't imply having done anything bad.