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Sahara Barkley, 24, was shot and killed after a confrontation at a Riverside gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, on January 1, 2018. Barkley had stopped to make a purchase and left her vehicle running. An unknown man stole the car while she was inside; Barkley chased on foot, then returned to the store and confronted a woman identified as Tairrah McGriff. Surveillance footage from the store and a nearby business reportedly shows McGriff and the male suspect together before the car theft and the shooting.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office investigated. McGriff was arrested and charged with manslaughter with a firearm and carrying a concealed firearm; a jury found her guilty in October 2019. The male suspect, Shawntez Edmondson, was charged and later pleaded guilty to grand theft auto and driving on a suspended license. Barkley’s mother said she had been with her daughter just hours before the incident; Barkley was the mother of a one-year-old boy and reportedly pregnant at the time.

Does anyone have additional details from the day at the gas station or remember seeing the vehicle after it was taken?