Jamie Norton was 19 when she was killed in the early hours of August 5, 2009, after gunfire erupted on Buffalo’s East Side. The shooting happened about 2 a.m. outside a two-story home on Hirschbeck Street in the Broadway–Bailey area. Norton and a man identified as Joseph Lovett were pronounced dead at the scene; three other people in or near a parked vehicle were wounded, including Lawanda Strozier, Kimberly Caldwell, and Joseph Cole.

Police early on suggested the shooting might have begun as a robbery that escalated, while Lovett’s family said Norton may have been targeted because she had testified before a grand jury in a separate murder case. Detectives said the motive remained under investigation. Community leaders responded with a visible presence on the block and public appeals for tips. A Crime Stoppers WNY listing later offered up to a $9,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction, and there have been no publicly reported charges or convictions tied to the killings.

Did anyone on Hirschbeck Street or the Broadway–Bailey area see anything that night or know more about Norton’s movements before 2 a.m. on August 5, 2009?