Quadeedrah Clinton was 38 when she was found fatally shot outside an apartment in North Charleston, South Carolina, on the evening of December 30, 2016. Her death followed a pattern of domestic disturbances: police had been called to the couple’s residence at least five times in the months before the shooting, and three calls were placed the night she died. Two of those calls were reportedly placed by her boyfriend, Bernard Mackey, who told officers Clinton would not leave his residence.

Officers discovered Clinton’s body outside the apartment and found Mackey asleep in his car nearby; he was arrested in connection with her death. The North Charleston Police Department said a prior incident seemed resolved when Clinton left the apartment of her own accord and noted that officers must make judgments based on circumstances they encounter. Clinton’s family said they were devastated and questioned whether a different response to earlier calls could have prevented her death.

Does anyone have information about the prior calls or the interactions officers had with the couple that night?