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Tanya M. Martin was 33 when she was killed in a drive-by shooting on May 26, 2016, in the Wellston area of Saint Louis. She was visiting friends in the 6400 block of Wellsmar Avenue when someone fired into the house at about 12:37 a.m.; Martin was found inside with a gunshot wound and later died at a hospital. Investigators say she was an innocent bystander and likely not the intended target.

At least six other people were inside the home, including several small children, and witnesses reported hearing more than a dozen shots that also struck the neighboring house. Martin’s family, including her nephew Derk Brown, described deep grief and confusion after the loss. The Major Case Squad and the North County Police Cooperative handled the investigation; no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced and the case remains unsolved.

Did anyone in the Wellston area that night see or hear anything that could help investigators?