Oluwabukola Pereira, 30, was fatally shot during a robbery at Arise Auto Center on North Wayne Avenue in Lockland, Ohio, on the afternoon of Friday, May 8, 2026. Emergency crews arrived after a 1:51 p.m. call and found Pereira with a gunshot wound; she died at the scene. Reports say a suspect fled with about $1,500 and that Pereira may have tried to intervene.

Pereira was Nigerian-born, a talented runner recruited to the U.S., and a graduate student due to receive an MBA from Xavier University eight days after the shooting. Friends and university officials remembered her for faith, positivity, and generosity; she was the eldest of four children and was engaged to be married later in the year. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office described the suspect as a Black or Hispanic male, about 25 to 35, with long braids or dreadlocks, last seen fleeing toward Gardner Park. No arrests have been announced.

Did anyone in the Lockland or Cincinnati running communities or who was near North Wayne Avenue on May 8 see a person matching that description?