Tajana Williams was 17 when she was shot and killed in the Desire neighborhood of New Orleans in the late hours of a Tuesday in August 2018. Police responding to a gunshot found her at the corner of Ursula and Abundance streets with a fatal gunshot wound to the head; she was pronounced dead at the scene. Williams had recently graduated high school and had been considering a military career.

Less than 24 hours after the shooting, 26-year-old Joann McDaniel surrendered to authorities and was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder; investigators did not immediately disclose any relationship between McDaniel and the victim. In October 2022 the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office prosecuted the case and a jury convicted McDaniel of manslaughter and obstruction of justice in the 2018 killing.

If anyone knew Tajana, her plans, or saw activity around Ursula and Abundance streets that night, please share what you know.