On February 19, 2023, 39-year-old Diasha Renee Twinkle Fitts of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was fatally shot in what investigators say was a targeted attack aimed at an acquaintance. Fitts, a barber and mother, had been at the Fraternal Order of Eagles lodge in the Waynedale area with a man named Brandon Golden. A plot against Golden, allegedly organized by 29-year-old Demaury Haywood, included a lookout inside the lodge who tracked Golden’s location and vehicle.

As Fitts and Golden left, their car was intercepted near Winchester Road and Airport Expressway and gunfire struck the vehicle. A bullet hit Fitts in the head; she was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. The Allen County Coroner ruled the death a homicide by gunshot wound to the head.

Fort Wayne detectives say surveillance video and communications records, including text messages between Haywood and the lookout, linked Haywood and led to his arrest. Court filings name an accomplice called Travier who acted with Haywood. In October 2023 a jury convicted Haywood of murder and the court imposed a total 80-year sentence, including a 20-year firearm enhancement.

If anyone has information about Fitts, her movements that night, or Travier’s role, please share what is known with investigators.