In the early hours of August 1, 2019, 27-year-old Aleka Simmons was shot to death inside a Lithonia, Georgia, home after a night of rising tension and 911 hang-up calls. Officers who initially responded found the house dark and quiet and left. Shortly afterward, a gunshot was heard inside the home and Simmons was found wounded in an upstairs bedroom with a fatal chest wound.

When officers returned, Otis Dennis Walker opened fire, striking Officer Derek Nunn four times and firing 19 rounds before fleeing. A week-long manhunt ended with Walker’s arrest on August 8, 2019. At trial Walker claimed self-defense and said he tried to have officers shoot him, but evidence contradicted those assertions. The jury convicted Walker of Malice Murder, Felony Murder and multiple counts of Aggravated Assault, including against law enforcement; he received life without parole plus 65 years.

Did anyone know Simmons or have information about what happened in the hours before that August night?