Tyisha Timmons was 23 and from Philadelphia when she was shot and killed on February 21, 2018. She was driving a van on the 5700 block of North Broad Street in the Fern Rock/Logan area when the vehicle was ambushed; the van then crashed into a building. Five passengers were injured, including her twin sister and three children.

Philadelphia police arrested 33-year-old Timothy Barnes in connection with the shooting and charged him with murder and related offenses. Investigators say Barnes and an accomplice mistakenly targeted Timmons’ van after a separate shooting earlier that evening, followed her vehicle and ambushed it. Prosecutors reported surveillance footage and cell site data placed Barnes at the scene and that Barnes provided cell phone updates to the accomplice who fired.

Tyisha’s death underscores the deadly consequences of retaliatory violence and the toll on innocent people nearby. If anyone knew Tyisha, her passengers, or has information about that night, please share what was seen or heard.