On January 24, 2021, seven-year-old DMyah Tylise Rankin-Fleming was shot and killed while sitting in a parked car with her father in the 4000 block of Laclede Avenue in St. Louis’ Central West End. The assailant opened fire, fatally wounding DMyah and her 26-year-old father, Darrion Rankin-Fleming; he was pronounced dead at the scene and she died shortly after at a nearby hospital.

DMyah was described by family as a happy, loving child who had been learning to bake with her grandmother the weekend before the shooting. The double homicide shocked the community and officials offered a substantial reward for information leading to the person or persons responsible. Investigators later identified two men, including one who was acquainted with Darrion, but the motive for the attack was reported as unclear.

Who in the Central West End that January evening might have seen or heard something that could help explain why DMyah and her father were targeted?