Jakela Rochelle Foster was a 19-year-old mother from Omaha, remembered by family for her smile and for her one-year-old son, Jay’Ceon. A 2013 Northwest High School graduate who played basketball, volleyball and ran track, she worked as a customer service representative and was described by her brother DeSean Young as treasured by the family.

In the early morning of Saturday, January 24, 2015, Jakela was at a crowded house party in an unoccupied home near 34th and Parker Streets when multiple shooters opened fire. Officers arriving at 1:44 a.m. found eight people shot; Jakela and 24-year-old Latecia Fox were declared dead at the scene, and 26-year-old Cameron Harris later died at a hospital. Five others were hospitalized, two in serious condition.

Police said investigators believed the attack was gang-related but did not know whether victims were targeted or bystanders, and most witnesses refused to cooperate. As of January 2015 no arrests had been made and the case remained unsolved. If anyone has information, please contact the Omaha Police Cold Case Homicide Unit or Omaha Crime Stoppers.