Arcadia, Florida lost two women in a violent incident on April 17, 2026. Tanika Summers, 38, a massage therapist and mother who had just secured a Habitat for Humanity home, was shot and killed at the Jacaranda Trail Apartments after being confronted at knifepoint. Witnesses say she was walking backward with her hands up and pleading when the attacker shot her.

A 77-year-old neighbor, Barbara Bates, was also shot and killed while she was on the phone with 911 reporting the initial attack. Police arrested 45-year-old Eric Devon Robinson near the apartment complex; he was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and additional offenses and held without bond. Robinson is reported to be the father of Summers’ daughter, and Summers had previously obtained a restraining order against him for domestic violence.

Friends, family, clients, and the local community remembered Summers as positive, hardworking, and devoted to her daughter. A GoFundMe was set up for her 20-year-old daughter, Eriauna Robinson, and Habitat for Humanity said the daughter would be offered the chance to fulfill the homeownership Summers had been preparing for. Does anyone have information about the events that evening or knew Tanika and her family?