Erika Desiree Downey was 25 when she was shot to death on September 19, 2016, at the Lynnhaven Apartments on Wadesboro Street in Durham, North Carolina. Her parents, Wanda and Larry Downey, said they were devastated and confused by the killing; Erika’s girlfriend made a frantic 911 call saying Erika had been shot and was not breathing. Erika’s family described her as kind and caring, someone who went out of her way to help others.

Authorities identified 24-year-old Larico Fonyte Dunn of Durham as the suspect. Dunn was arrested that same evening during a traffic stop on Interstate 85 in Granville County and charged with murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. He was also wanted on charges from an August 11 domestic incident involving Erika: assault on a female, assault by strangulation, misdemeanor larceny, and injury to personal property. Another woman, Todra Thornton, 24, suffered a graze wound in the shooting and confirmed Erika had been dating the man who killed her.

Was anyone in the neighborhood or at the apartment complex that morning able to help fill in what happened leading up to the shooting?