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On April 2, 2014, 19-year-old Wilneka Pennyman was killed in a drive-by shooting in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood. She had been standing outside a parked car on NE 63rd Street and First Avenue talking with 20-year-old Marquis Sams, who was in the driver’s seat. An SUV drove by and opened fire; Marquis died at the scene and Wilneka, shot multiple times, ran to a nearby house before collapsing and later died at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Detectives initially suspected Marquis was the intended target and that Wilneka was struck in the crossfire. The Miami Police Department says the motive remains unclear, no arrests have been announced, and the number of people involved is unknown. Detective Fernando Bosch has publicly said he wants the case solved before he retires. Family members including Wilneka’s cousin Shantonio Mikell and Marquis’s grandmother Joanne Sams have urged anyone with information to come forward.

Does anyone in Little Haiti remember that night or have information that could help bring justice for Wilneka and Marquis?