Tonika Turner, a 38-year-old mother of three from Tampa known by many as Lady Cash, was killed by gunfire on February 21, 2023. She was found with upper-body trauma in a neighborhood near US-41 and East Fletcher Avenue in the early morning; she later died at the hospital. Reports say a single shot fired from a music studio hangout room traveled through a wall and struck Turner in her bathroom while she was alone in the room.

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s detectives and CSI units investigated and identified a suspect. Twenty-seven-year-old Kiante Henley was charged with manslaughter with a weapon and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He turned himself in 11 days after the shooting and was released on bond following his first court appearance. The defense has challenged the identifying witness’s credibility and says another man in the studio was waving the gun when Henley tried to take it away and the fatal shot occurred.

Turner’s family, the oldest of 10 siblings, is grieving and pressing for the maximum sentence while focusing on supporting her children. Did anyone in the area hear or see activity at the studio that night, or have other information about who was present?