Alex D. Tabler, 27, was shot and killed during an early-morning gathering at a home in the 600 block of Sherman Street in Akron on January 15, 2021. The woman, described as armed with a revolver and an assault weapon, shot Alex; he was taken to Cleveland Clinic Akron General and died of gunshot wounds to his torso at 3:59 a.m.

Investigators eventually identified the shooter as 19-year-old Savanna Brice, who was arrested in May 2021 and initially charged with murder and felonious assault among other offenses. In February 2022 Brice pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter with a firearm specification and to having a weapon under disability; prosecutors dismissed the murder charges and several other counts as part of the plea. On March 1, 2022, Judge Kathryn Michael sentenced Brice to 10 to 13.5 years in prison and the case was closed.

Alex is remembered by his family as an identical twin, a former high school track star and a licensed barber who loved drawing, writing poems and songs, reading, dancing and being with family and friends. Did anyone at the party or nearby notice the argument before it escalated?