On June 19, 2022, Danica Aiken, 29, was killed in an apparent domestic dispute at an apartment complex near 20th Avenue and Hadley Street in Phoenix. Police responding to reports of a shooting found 38-year-old Eric Sands fatally shot outside the building and then discovered Aiken inside the apartment; she had also been shot. Family reported Aiken was the mother of an 11-year-old daughter and had moved into the apartment with Sands about two months earlier.

Authorities identified Aiken’s 24-year-old ex-boyfriend, Taffari Celestine, as the suspect. Witnesses said Celestine shot Sands outside, forced Aiken into the apartment, and more shots were heard; officers later found Celestine dead inside from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators described the incident as a domestic dispute that ended in a murder-suicide.

If anyone knew Danica, her daughter’s situation, or has information about the events that night, please share what is known.