Curtisia Courtney Smith, 26, of Boynton Beach, Florida, was shot outside the Z Food and Meat Market on North Seacrest Boulevard on April 5, 2017, and died 12 days later at Delray Beach Medical Center. Surveillance from the store shows a masked man firing multiple point-blank shots into her chest, neck and legs; footage also shows another man, later identified as Roderick Taylor, speaking with the shooter minutes before the attack and leaving the scene with him.

Courtney had reported months of harassment, threats and prior violence, and had obtained a restraining order against a woman who had sent death threats and whose family had allegedly attacked her. She was reportedly lured from her home on the day of the shooting under the pretense of meeting friends and waiting for pizza.

Taylor was initially arrested and charged with second-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm; in 2020 he pleaded guilty to the weapons count and agreed to testify, and the murder charge against him was dropped. Another man was briefly arrested on first-degree murder charges but was later ruled out as the shooter. The killing remains unsolved and no one has been convicted for Courtney’s death. Anyone with information that could help bring answers is asked to come forward.