A young woman who was playing Pokémon Go on her phone was shot dead after witnessing a robbery while playing the game.

Cayla Campos, 21, was with her boyfriend, Sidney, on Friday night near Bianchetti Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Campos spotted two people in the area robbing someone who was sitting in their car.

As she turned around to drive away, a number of shots were fired into her own vehicle according to KRQE.

She was hit by one of the bullets in the back of her neck and ended up crashing her car into an empty home. She later died from her injuries.

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Cayla Campos, 21, was playing Pokémon Go with her boyfriend when the two witnessed a robbery being committed in an Albuquerque park

When Campos tried to leave the scene, multiple shots were fired into her car. She was pictured on surveillance footage fleeing in the vehicle

She crashed into a nearby home after she was struck in the back of the head

Campos crashed into the empty house as she attempted to flee gunshots

No one has yet been arrested in connection with the killing and police are asking for the public's help in identifying possible suspects.

In a Facebook post, Campos's father called his daughter a 'very special person' who was 'murdered in cold blood'.

'You'll never leave my mind baby! I don't know how to live without you,' her father wrote in the heart-breaking message.

Campos's cousin said she was the 'sister I never had' who was 'so beautiful and kind and loving.'

Cayla Campbell is pictured with father Carl. He called his daughter a 'very special person' who was 'murdered in cold blood.'

'I don't understand and I'm so sad and I'm angry and I wish you [were] still here,' her cousin wrote. 'My heart is broken, and that's an understatement. We were supposed to go on so many more adventures.'

Campos close to her apartment when she was shot and doing what she does every night.

It appears that Campos was in the wrong side of town when she was shot and in an area she would never have normally visited were it not for the game

'Her and her boyfriend always make a loop around this park before they go home and play Pokemon Go because their apartment is literally right there,' friend Cody Bell said to KRQE.

'I am really trying hard not to break down right now,' Bell said. 'I feel like there is a piece of me that is missing now.'

'She has helped me through everything, and she has always been there,' Bell continued. 'Now, she is gone.'

'She was just such an amazing person. She was my closest friend. I am just devastated that she is gone.'

Players in Pokémon Go are encouraged to walk around and explore their real-life communities.

The game recommends people play in local parks but players are encouraged to 'use their own judgment about which parts of the city or countryside they feel safe going to at various times of day or night,' the game states.

Campos, 21, was with her boyfriend on Friday night near Bianchetti Park in Albuquerque

Cayla Campbell is pictured with her parents, mom, Gayla, left, and dad, Carl, right