On the night of August 24, 2016, 21-year-old U.S. Postal Service employee Bionka Lyons was shot outside her parents’ home on Crocuslawn Street in Detroit. She had just exited her car when an assailant ran up and fired; her parents, inside the house, heard five shots and found her lying in the street. Lyons was rushed to hospital and died around 2 a.m.; her unborn son, seven months along and to be named Carter, also did not survive.

Investigators treated Lyons as the intended target and said the motive appeared personal rather than a robbery. A K-9 tracked a scent from the scene to a nearby corner where the suspect is believed to have fled in a vehicle; no suspect or vehicle description has been released. Colleagues remembered Lyons as upbeat, and the community held peace marches and rallies afterward. A Crime Stoppers cash reward was offered, but no arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone has information about that night or the person who fled from Crocuslawn Street, please come forward.