A 16-year-old girl who turned herself in to police has been charged with murder for her alleged part in a teenage robbery plot.

Teenager Ziaya Chanel Jackson turned herself in to Mecklenburg County Jail after Charlotte woman Maria Eduvigig Echeverria de Gomez, 36, was robbed and killed.

Gomez was shot Tuesday morning outside of her home in east Charlotte, North Carolina.

On Saturday Ziaya Chanel Jackson, 16, (left) turned herself in to Mecklenburg County police. She was charged with murder and robbery in connection with the death of Maria Eduvigig Echeverria de Gomez, 36 (right)

Police investigated the scene of the robbery and killing, pictured above, after the fatal shooting took place around 6am on Tuesday

Shortly after 6am Tuesday morning she went outside her apartment to wait for her brother to pick her up to head to their landscaping job when two young men jumped out of a car, robbed her, then shot her dead, according to WCCB Charlotte.

She was pronounced dead at the Carolinas Medical Center.

On Saturday Jackson turned herself in to Mecklenburg authorities.

She has been charged with murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon.

She is the fourth teenager to be arrested in connection with the deadly robbery plot.

Three young men, one under the age of 15, have also been arrested in the case.

Antonio Darnell Shine, 19, A'vone Williams, 17, and an unnamed 15-year-old boy - whose name has not been released because of his age - were arrested last Wednesday and Thursday.

Three others were also arrested in connection with the fatal robbery, only two have been named however as one of the males is just 15 years old. A'vone Williams, 17, (left) and Antonio Darnell Shine, 19, (right)

Gomez's husband Nano wept as he talked to reporters on the heartbreak of losing his wife

Police reported to the scene in east Charlotte after Gomez was shot while heading to work

Authorities are pictured in front of her home in a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood that is often targeted for robberies

They were also charged with murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon, according to police.

Gomez leaves behind a husband and 13-year-old son.

'Not only did they kill my wife. They also destroyed a family,' her husband Nano Gomez said through a translator.

'My wife didn’t spend any time resting. All the time that she had, she would work to provide for her child,' he added.

The family had been in the US less than a year.

The family lived in a neighborhood filled with immigrants that is often targeted for robbery, according to WCCB Charlotte.