On the night of November 10, 2025, 20-year-old Kaliyah Houston was fatally shot inside her apartment at Woodlawn Manor in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The shooting also killed her 16-year-old sister and seriously wounded a 17-year-old male, who managed to flee and get help. Several young children, including an infant, were in the apartment but were not physically harmed.

Authorities say Houston had been allowing 19-year-old Keshawn Jermichael Woods to live with her for several months. An argument between Houston and Woods reportedly escalated and Woods allegedly produced a handgun and opened fire. Woods fled on foot after the shooting but was located and apprehended by the U.S. Marshals Task Force hours later.

Woods has been charged with two counts of capital murder and one count of attempted murder and is being held in the Tuscaloosa County Jail without bond. The investigation is ongoing. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Kaliyah, please come forward.