On the evening of October 3, 2023, 19-year-old Tiania Newton was fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting at the intersection of South 2nd Street and Texas Avenue in Monroe, Louisiana. The killing devastated her family, friends, and the wider Monroe community and prompted an investigation by the Monroe Police Department.

Investigators arrested a 16-year-old in connection with the shooting; prosecutors charged the teenager as an adult for Tiania’s murder. The involvement of a minor being prosecuted in adult court added a difficult and complex dimension to an already tragic case.

What details about that evening or about Tiania’s movements before the shooting might help explain what happened, and can anyone who was in that area on October 3 come forward with information?