Ebony Michelle Sheppard, a 30-year-old woman from Austin, Texas, was fatally shot on December 26, 2017, in the parking lot of the Travis Station Apartments in East Austin. She had been celebrating Christmas with family and went outside to move her car closer to the door when a suspect approached her. Authorities say the suspect attempted to rob her, she began to scream, and was shot.

Police identified 19-year-old Xavier Oneal Lewis as the suspect. Lewis was taken into custody on December 28, 2017, by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in Pflugerville, Texas, and was charged with murder and several counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Reports say Lewis had been involved in several aggravated robberies on Christmas Day and was out on bond on a pending felony stemming from an aggravated robbery in 2016.

Family and friends remember Sheppard as a talented artist and a loving mother to her 4-year-old son; they set up a GoFundMe to help with burial expenses and support for the child. Does anyone have memories of Ebony or information about that night that could help clarify what happened?