Shatisha Dade, 32, was a health aide in Buffalo with plans to become a nurse and a devoted mother to a 13-year-old daughter. Neighbors say signs of escalating abuse were visible in the weeks before her death; one reported seeing a man identified as her boyfriend, Ramone James, on top of her on the lawn, beating her. Police were called to the home at least twice in the period before the fatal incident, including the night before she was killed.

On the evening of July 31, 2026, a domestic disturbance call to police was quickly upgraded to a shooting after Shatisha’s daughter placed a 911 call saying her mother had been shot. Shatisha was taken to Erie County Medical Center and died of her injuries on August 1, 2026. Investigators identified 36-year-old Ramone James as the suspect, arrested him on August 2 at a residence on Kefir Street, and recovered an illegal pistol during a search. He was charged with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Shatisha’s family describe a woman who was loving and forgiving but trapped in an abusive dynamic that neighbors and police had repeatedly witnessed. Does anyone have information about the pattern of calls or incidents at the MacAmley Street address leading up to July 31?