On the late evening of September 9, 2019, 22-year-old Acacia Nykira Byrd was shot while driving a blue Honda Odyssey in Philadelphia’s East Germantown neighborhood. At about 10:52 p.m. she lost control of the minivan after being struck, and the vehicle crashed into the steps of a home on the 600 block of East Price Street. Officers found her unresponsive in the driver’s seat; paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. Investigators located at least four bullet holes in the van, a live round near where the van crashed, and recovered two of Byrd’s cellphones plus a third phone that did not belong to her.

Byrd had told her mother she was stepping out to get food; she left behind two children, a 3-year-old and a 6-month-old baby. Witnesses reported a possible suspect vehicle, described as a black Mercedes or Lexus, and police say a shooter may have followed her before fleeing on foot. No arrests have been announced and the motive remains unclear.

Does anyone have information about Acacia, her movements that night, or the possible suspect vehicle?