Caridad Carol Stripe, 30, was killed with a single gunshot wound to the chest in the parking lot of the Courtyard Apartments on Acadia Drive Southwest late morning on August 7, 2017. Emergency crews arrived after a call around 11:30 a.m.; officers attempted life-saving measures and she was taken to Decatur Morgan Hospital’s Parkway Campus, where she was pronounced dead.

Police described a vehicle leaving the scene and Detective Jodi Fuller stopped a matching car at Old Moulton Road and Moadus Road Southwest. The driver and only occupant, Latoria McGuire, was detained and later arrested on a murder charge; a Morgan County judge set bond at $250,000. Testimony cited in later court reporting said the shooting followed an argument between the two women about a man. Funeral services were held August 12, 2017, at Moulton Heights M.B. Church with burial at Decatur City Cemetery.

If anyone knew Caridad, was at the Courtyard Apartments that morning, or has information about the argument or vehicle, please share what is known.