Shakira Jackson was 27 when she was shot in the head on July 16, 2014, around 10:20 p.m. on the 3600 block of Dolfield Avenue in northwest Baltimore. Paramedics transported her to a hospital but she died shortly after arrival. Known as Shaka to friends and raised by her grandparents George and Martha Stevens after her parents died, she was remembered as someone who made friends easily and brought laughter to her neighborhood.

Police initially reported no identified motive or suspect amid a period of increased shootings in the city. A witness described tensions in the Dolfield area; investigators noted Shakira’s death as part of a cluster of violent incidents on the block. Is anyone from Dolfield who knew Shakira or saw the area that night able to share information?