On April 14, 2023, Tanga Owens, 20, and her mother, Tanishia Starr, 39, were found shot in a car outside the Lake Sherwood Apartments near Apopka-Vineland Road in Orange County, Florida. Both women were transported to a hospital and later pronounced deceased. An 8-month-old boy was found unharmed in a car seat inside the vehicle.

Investigators say the shooting happened at a spot used for child custody exchanges. Security footage reportedly shows 20-year-old Radrick Francois, the father of Owens’s 2-year-old child, approach the vehicle, interact with the victims, and then shoot into the car. Francois left carrying the 2-year-old but was later taken into custody after being seen on his apartment balcony. He told officers he shot Owens in self-defense and that Starr was hit accidentally; he has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder with a firearm and held without bond. The gun was not recovered at the time, Francois saying someone he knew had taken it away, and both children were later found unharmed.

Family and friends described Tanga as a Valencia College student pursuing a teaching degree and a mother of two, and Tanishia as a devoted mother of five. Does anyone have information about the custody exchanges at that location or other details that could help the investigation?