Ashley Hartwell, 28, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was shot in the head and found behind a vacant house on East 17th Street around 12:30 p.m. on August 22, 2022. She was alive when discovered and taken to a hospital but died of her injuries on August 25, 2022.

Investigators reported Hartwell had been living with a friend in the 1000 block of East 17th Street near where she was found. Evidence and witness statements tied her to a local subset of the Bloods called the Money Bag Gang; she was said to have been involved with the group in exchange for illegal drugs. A friend said Hartwell was accused of stealing drugs at a nearby apartment converted into a drug house, left angrily, and was the subject of an order to “go get her.”

A 16-year-old known as an enforcer for the gang later admitted to shooting at Hartwell and to retrieving a spent shell casing. Another witness said she returned to find a crowd near the brush where Hartwell’s body was later located and that the teen told her he believed the order meant to shoot Hartwell.

Does anyone have information about Hartwell’s movements that day or about the drug house on East 17th Street?