Tiffany A. Higgins, 38, was shot and killed in her Springfield, Ohio, home on March 17, 2024. Emergency responders arrived around 2:39 PM in the 800 block of South Center Street and found Higgins deceased from multiple gunshot wounds. Authorities have described the death as a homicide.

Investigators identified a 16-year-old male as a person of interest; that individual was connected to threats to shoot unspecified people at an undisclosed school. Those threats prompted local schools to close on March 18. Police apprehended the suspect early on March 18 after a traffic stop tied to a stolen vehicle turned into a pursuit that ended when the driver lost control, crashed, fled on foot and was captured shortly thereafter.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Springfield Police Division.