Shaina Armstrong, a 30-year-old mother from Saint Augustine, Florida, was fatally shot on June 16, 2021. She was driving in West St. Augustine around 6:00 PM near Christopher and Herbert Street with her boyfriend in the passenger seat when someone ambushed the vehicle and shot her multiple times. Armstrong was struck in the back, lost control of the car, crashed, and later died at the hospital.

Investigators treated the shooting as a targeted attack. The boyfriend told deputies that earlier the same day someone had warned him to watch his back because Evins Harris was going to get him. The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office interviewed witnesses, reviewed surveillance footage and GPS data, and followed leads that included a witness directing deputies to where the semi-automatic pistol used in the shooting had been buried. Authorities identified 22-year-old Evins Harris as the primary suspect and charged him with second-degree murder and attempted murder with a firearm; he later pleaded guilty and received a 30-year prison sentence.

Armstrong was the mother of two daughters, ages six years and eight months at the time of her death. Her godparents, John and Larraine Gaches, remembered her as a beautiful person with a lot of life left to live; her oldest daughter had idolized her. Does anyone have information about Armstrong’s movement that evening or the events at the home earlier that day?