Ashlee Walker was 21 when she was shot and killed on December 31, 2013, in East Oakland, California. She was a college student and worked in fast food. That night she and three friends were in a PT Cruiser parked on 22nd Avenue waiting to buy marijuana from a dealer they knew when a 17-year-old, Dashawn Cooper, approached and began shooting. Ashlee, seated in the front, was struck three times and later died at the hospital; her three friends in the car were unharmed.

Investigators arrested Dashawn Cooper; prosecutors said he confessed to several friends, who later testified. Tried as an adult, Cooper faced charges including second-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder, and assault with a semi-automatic firearm. In May 2016 a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder and the attempted murders of Ashlee’s friends, and the judge sentenced him to 78 years to life.

Ashlee’s family and friends remember her vibrant personality and the potential that was cut short. Does anyone have information about Ashlee, the night of December 31, 2013, or the people involved?