Angelique Janetta Stafford was 39 and a mother of five when she was fatally shot on December 9, 2017, while sitting in a car with a friend in the Trinity Gardens neighborhood of Houston. The shooting occurred around 2:40 p.m. in a convenience store parking lot when a man on a bicycle approached the vehicle and fired multiple shots. Stafford was pronounced dead at the scene; her companion, a 40-year-old man, suffered minor injuries and was treated there.

Houston police later identified a suspect as Alfred Steven Washington, who faced murder charges in connection with the killing. The case drew scrutiny not only for the violent facts of the shooting but also for disputes over prosecutorial handling in Harris County. Questions arose about evidence and an alibi in Washington’s case and about internal practices in the district attorney’s office that some former colleagues criticized.

Anyone with information about Angelique Stafford, the shooting on December 9, 2017, or the events in Trinity Gardens that afternoon is asked to come forward.