Sidney Smith was a 19-year-old African American woman killed in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 27, 2015. She died after a drive-by shooting in the early hours of that morning; later that night her house was struck by gunfire and she was fatally shot after 31 bullets were fired into the residence. Sidney was an innocent bystander and the sister of a gang member.

Her death occurred during an ongoing months-long gang conflict on Cleveland’s eastside between the Benham Boyz and the 103 Murda Block. Earlier the same night another person, Dexter Deck Mangham, had been killed in a separate incident as part of that violence. A crowd had been fired upon that night by men associated with a rival gang, resulting in multiple casualties.

Law enforcement opened an investigation that led to the arrest of two men, and the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force offered a reward for information on additional suspects. Family and friends held a vigil in the rain to remember Sidney.

If anyone has information about the shootings or the broader gang activity that night, please share what is known with investigators.