Myah Marquerita Cole was 27 when she was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Park Place Apartments on South Port Road in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on the evening of Saturday, November 8, 2014. Pearson, then 25. Both women were inside a car when Pearson retrieved a .45 caliber handgun from beneath the seat and fired a single shot that struck Cole in the chest.

Emergency responders pronounced Myah dead at the scene; Pearson called 911 and was found hysterical outside the vehicle with the gun on the ground. She was taken into custody and initially charged with murder and possession of a deadly weapon during a violent crime. At a three-day jury trial in May 2016, Pearson testified that she acted in self-defense. The jury convicted her of voluntary manslaughter and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, and a circuit judge sentenced her to 24 years in prison.

If anyone knew Myah, lived at Park Place Apartments, or has information about the events that night, please share what is known.