BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge community educator died Sunday night after she was shot while driving along Airline Highway. 

The Baton Rouge Police Department said Teressa Calligan was driving when she was shot multiple times, causing her to lose control of her vehicle and run into a sheriff's office vehicle. Calligan was pronounced dead at the scene and two deputies were taken to a hospital. 

Calligan was the Dean of Coding for the Futures Fund division of the Walls Project and worked to provide teens with tech-based programming skills. Calligan also worked for Entergy as a cybersecurity specialist. The Walls Project shared the following statement:

“Losing Teressa Calligan so abruptly has been deeply devastating. She left a legacy of unparalleled kindness to everyone she encountered. Our organization is honored to have been graced by her devotion, a gift she granted as much as possible to those around her. She will be missed greatly by so many. Our hope is that her memory will spur others to devote themselves so fully to what they love, just as she did.”

Calligan is a relative of Niles Haymer, a Baton Rouge City Court Judge candidate. Haymer posted a picture of Calligan taken about an hour before she was shot on his Facebook. 

"Last night's senseless violence in Baton Rouge claimed the life of Teressa Calligan, my wife's cousin, business partner, and our friend," Haymer said on Facebook. "These shootings are happening too often and have become too normalized in Baton Rouge. This is too painful."

During the month of August, there were multiple shootings — including five that happened on an interstate. 

BRPD said someone pulled up alongside Calligan's vehicle and opened fire. As of Monday afternoon, no arrests have been made.