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Sherita Johnson, a 41-year-old African American woman from Cleveland, was killed on November 22, 2014, while sitting in her car outside her home. She was 28 weeks pregnant and was waiting in the vehicle with her 2-year-old son so her 9-year-old daughter, Janiyah, could collect clothes from inside. A masked gunman entered the house and fired shots, killing Sherita, her unborn child, and three others: 60-year-old Lemon Bryant, 19-year-old Ja’Rio Taylor, and 17-year-old Shaylona Williams. Janiyah was grazed by a bullet but survived; Sherita’s young son, strapped in a car seat, was unharmed.

Investigators identified and arrested James Sparks-Henderson as the shooter. Ballistics linked a loaded 9mm handgun found on him to the killings, and DNA collected at the scene matched him. The violence left the family deeply affected; during court proceedings Sherita’s brother, Delray Johnson, attempted to attack Sparks-Henderson and was restrained by deputies.

What details might help further explain the motive or the sequence of events that night for anyone with information?