On the evening of May 13, 2023, 34-year-old Deontae Vickers was shot in the 400 block of Finley Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama. Police arrived after reports of shots fired around 5:23 p.m. and found Vickers with a life-threatening gunshot wound; she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Montgomery Police released descriptions of two possible male suspects and Central Alabama CrimeStoppers offered a cash reward. An anonymous tip to CrimeStoppers led investigators to a suspect. On May 17, 2023, 23-year-old Nyeiasha Lykes was arrested and charged with Vickers’ murder and booked into the Montgomery County Detention Facility held without bond. No motive for the shooting has been publicly disclosed.

If anyone has information about what happened that evening or knew Deontae Vickers, please share tips with the Montgomery Police or CrimeStoppers.