On the afternoon of April 9, 2021, 50-year-old Tamara Aikens was fatally shot just after 1:20 p.m. outside her home on the 2500 block of North Bancroft Street in Philadelphia. Police found Aikens suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and she was taken to Temple University Hospital, where she later died.

Investigators identified 27-year-old Byron McDonald as the suspect and say he fired multiple shots from the passenger window of a red Chevrolet Malibu registered to his son’s mother, 25-year-old Morgan Braxton and Aikens’ daughter. Authorities reported the shooting was captured on video.

Two days after Aikens’ murder a missing person report was filed for Braxton. Officers later found Braxton dead from gunshot wounds to the head at the home she shared with McDonald on the 4200 block of North Eighth Street; the couple’s 3-year-old son was not at the residence and an Amber Alert was issued. McDonald was arrested on April 12, 2021 and charged in connection with both deaths.

If anyone knew Tamara Aikens, where she lived or had information about the events that day, please share what is known.