Anastasia Simms was 17 when she was killed in a shooting at an apartment on the Northeast Side of San Antonio in the early morning hours of February 14, 2021. Officers responded to reports of gunfire at the Cottage Creek Apartments on Ray Bon Drive between about 12:45 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. and found Anastasia and a friend, 19-year-old Leah Anders, in the living room; both had been shot multiple times and were pronounced dead at the scene. A third resident, Remus Blair, was also shot but survived.

Investigators arrested a fellow complex resident, 22-year-old Abdi Ali Shidad. In April 2021 a Bexar County grand jury returned a capital murder indictment alleging Shidad shot and killed Anastasia and Leah and shot Remus Blair. The indictment says the killings occurred on February 13, 2021. The case was moving through the court system after the indictment.

If anyone knew Anastasia, Leah or saw activity at Cottage Creek Apartments that night, can you share what you remember?