On June 18, 2021, 31-year-old Genuine U. Ridgeway was killed in the Corn Hill neighborhood of Rochester, New York. She had just returned from a vigil for her boyfriend, who had been killed two days earlier. As she pulled into her apartment complex parking lot, another car followed, two people got out, and they fired more than 30 shots into her vehicle. The attack was ruled a homicide.

Ridgeway’s two young children, ages three and eight, were in the backseat and witnessed the shooting; both children were reported physically unharmed. A neighbor heard the gunfire and described seeing the little girl run for help, screaming that her mom had been shot.

Three years after the killing authorities said they believe they know who is responsible; that person is serving a 25 years to life sentence for a different killing but has not been charged in Ridgeway’s death. The investigation remains active and the police say they are working to provide answers for the children.

If anyone knew Genuine Ridgeway or has information about what happened that night, please come forward to help her family and the investigation.