A dispute in a Mobile neighborhood on the late afternoon of Sunday, January 28, 2024, ended with the death of 44-year-old Khaliaka Meardry. The incident began around 5:13 p.m. in the 600 block of Chin Street, across from where Ms. Meardry lived. Investigators say three women stopped at a house and an argument over a comment to a 12-year-old nephew escalated into a physical attack. A detective later testified the women beat Ms. Meardry with bats and their fists, and during the assault one of the women shot her. Ms. Meardry was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the cheek.

Police arrested three women and charged them with murder: 37-year-old Sierra Giles, 32-year-old Kendra Nettles, and 35-year-old Terrilyn Williams. Prosecutors alleged the three went to Chin Street intending to fight Ms. Meardry; court testimony says Williams retrieved a gun Giles had left on a car and gave it to her, and Nettles provided a statement to police. Bail was set at $275,000 for Giles and $100,000 each for Nettles and Williams. In early February 2024, Giles and Nettles pleaded not guilty; on February 28 a judge found enough evidence to send the charges against Nettles and Williams to a grand jury and Giles’s preliminary hearing was postponed.

If anyone witnessed the confrontation on Chin Street that afternoon or has information about what led to the argument, please share what is known.