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On a summer night in Harlem, 61-year-old Odessa Simms was sitting on a bench playing cards with friends at West 144th Street and Lenox Avenue just before 11:45 p.m. on Saturday, August 20, 2016. A single stray bullet struck her in the neck; she was found unresponsive, taken to Harlem Hospital Center, and pronounced dead. Police said she was not believed to be the intended target.

Family and neighbors described Odessa as a quiet woman who often relaxed by playing dominoes on that corner. Her brother, Robert Foye, who lived with her and her husband nearby, was awakened by the call with the news. Flyers went up in the neighborhood and police offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

If anyone was in the area that night or knew Odessa’s routine, does any detail about the shooting or who might have been involved still need to be shared with investigators?