issued a warrant for the man they believe shot and killed the expectant mother. 23-year-old quinasia russell's family hopes the forward. >> i peeked in the window. i seen my knees laying on her back. >> reporter: friends and family surrender the airway motel off east colfax after learning 23- year-old mother to be quinasia russell was shot and killed early saturday morning. >> it's kind of surreal. unbelievable. >> reporter: just before 3:00 police say officers in the area heard gunshots coming from the hotel. pronounced at the scene. >> reporter: police have identified this man brent kelly as the person responsible for russell's murder. as police worked to figure out a motive family members hoped senseless violence in their neighborhood comes to an end. >> we need to do better. we need to do better as a community. >> reporter: and that the killer comes forward. >> turn yourself in. death is going to chase you down too. you not going to get away with it. >> we don't want anyone else to get hurt. >> reporter: investigators are talking to people in the area trying to get a hold of surveillance v

. >> reporter: family members identified the victim as 20- year-old quinasia russell. but those close knew her as nene. her and says she was well loved and outgoing and had a child on the way. >> i'm really devastated right now. this is really hard for me. >> reporter: technicians snapped photos and collected evidence as detectives worked with motel management to obtain surveillance video many cameras outside. cameras that may have caught images of the young woman's killer. >> no one wants this to happen. i think we're going to get cooperation from everybody in the area. we have one dead female. i think people are going to care and try to help. we're going to ask the community to help. if you have any information, please let us know. >> these need -- these people need to stop taking others' lives. we need to do better. we need to do better as a community. we are fighting justice for our race, then we need to fight for justice for one another. >> reporter: police are saying this is a very active investigation and detectives are following up on leads on who may have take