Ahlycia Brown, 22, was shot and killed inside her apartment on the 2600 block of Tyrell Avenue on Youngstown’s West Side in the early morning hours of September 6, 2025. Officers responded around 1:35 a.m.; lifesaving measures were attempted but Brown was pronounced dead. The Mahoning County Coroner’s Office later identified her and an autopsy was performed.

Police described the incident as a domestic homicide that occurred at the Valley View Estates complex and said Brown suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. At the scene officers arrested Brown’s live-in girlfriend, Devyonna L. Taylor, 22. Taylor was charged with murder, booked into the Mahoning County jail, and held on a $1 million bond after arraignment. Taylor denied shooting Brown; she waived a preliminary hearing in Youngstown Municipal Court and the case was bound over to a Mahoning County grand jury while the coroner and detectives continued their investigation.

If anyone who knew Ahlycia or who was in the Valley View Estates area that night has information, please share what you know.