Valarcia Blair was 19 when she was killed in a November 7, 2018 drive-by shooting in Youngstown, Ohio. She was in a car with her boyfriend, Edward Morris, and their 3-month-old son, Tariq Morris, at Gibson Street and Pasadena Avenue when gunmen opened fire. Morris fired one round from his .45-caliber handgun during the attack but died of his injuries; Valarcia Blair and the infant were also fatally shot.

Police investigators used ballistic and digital evidence to build a case that led to the arrest and indictment of two men, Shaiquon Sharpe and Taquashon Ray, on multiple counts including aggravated murder. Trial testimony described a meeting arranged by Morris and suggested he had been involved in a feud with one of the suspects. Valarcia Blair’s mother, Elizabeth Green, testified that she had warned her daughter not to go with Morris because of concerns about his activities.

Valarcia Blair is remembered by family and community members as a young mother whose death profoundly affected them. Does anyone have information about the shooting or the events that led up to that night?