On the morning of December 17, 2016, 26-year-old TaWanda Lafreshia Blake was shot in the head in the parking lot of the American Legion on Perryhawkin Road in Princess Anne, Maryland. A crowd had gathered there after an argument that escalated into a physical scuffle; a handgun was drawn and several shots were fired into the crowd. Blake, a Pocomoke City resident, was the only person struck. She was taken to Peninsula Regional Medical Center and was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Maryland State Police investigators said TaWanda may not have been the intended target. Later the same day, police arrested 26-year-old Jesse L. Copes of Princess Anne. Witnesses and surveillance footage reportedly placed Copes in the earlier confrontation. A search of his apartment recovered evidence, though the handgun used in the shooting was not found. Copes was charged with murder, manslaughter, assault, reckless endangerment and multiple firearms violations and was held without bond. He told investigators he had been at the parking lot and had been held back by someone before the shooting but did not admit involvement in Blake’s death.

Are there witnesses or anyone with information about the shooting who can help clarify what happened that night?