On the night of January 11, 2025, 54-year-old Sarah Hauer was found unresponsive in a seventh-floor hallway of the Woodburn Court One tower at 21 Exchange Street in Binghamton after reports of gunfire. She had suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Investigators say the shooter was the former boyfriend of a resident on that floor, 51-year-old Terell L. Heyward, who confronted Sarah and then fled the scene.

Binghamton Police located Heyward shortly afterward as he was leaving his apartment on Isbell Street and took him into custody without incident. Officers found a loaded .380-caliber handgun on him; the firearm was later determined to have been stolen. Sarah’s family and friends remember her as a devout Christian with a big, bubbly personality, known to karaoke friends as Skittles and to family as Boombee, who loved singing, crafting, and gardening.