Modesti Devon Allmon was a 20-year-old Black woman from Little Rock, Arkansas, remembered by family and friends as bold, inspiring, loyal and caring. A North Little Rock High School graduate, she was killed in a late-December shooting that left two people dead.

On the evening of December 20, 2023, a ShotSpotter alert for gunfire brought officers to a residence at 3424 W. 14th St., about a block from Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church. Around 8:15 p.m., police found Modesti and 21-year-old Dejon Nelms on the ground with apparent gunshot wounds. Paramedics’ life-saving efforts were unsuccessful and both were pronounced dead at the scene; the Pulaski County Coroner’s office took the bodies to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for autopsy.

The double homicide was among the city’s slayings that year. Anyone who knew Modesti, her routines, or who has information about what happened that night is asked to come forward.