Tyszu Smith was 34 when she was fatally shot on September 24, 2005, in Kansas City, Kansas. Known to family and friends as Tosha, she was a talented athlete and musician who worked two jobs to support her daughter — as an administrative assistant at AutoZone and as a general manager at Godfather’s Pizza.

On the evening she died she had picked up her boyfriend, who was reportedly involved in a dispute with a local drug dealer. While they sat in her car near 17th Street and Quindaro Boulevard the vehicle was fired upon. After being told to get out by her boyfriend she ran and was struck by a bullet; she died at the scene as an innocent victim of the crossfire.

Nearly two decades after her death the case remains unsolved. The family has pushed for answers and the Kansas City Police Department reportedly reviewed the case again about 17 years after the shooting. Anyone with information about what happened that night is asked to come forward.