Ciera Webster, 33, known to family and friends as CeCe, was fatally shot the night of July 31, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. Described as a devoted mother, wife, sister and aunt who liked cooking, traveling and family gatherings, she worked as a medical assistant and held jobs with Amazon and Family Dollar. She left behind four children: Seaysia, DeMirah, DeMarco Jr. and DeMario.
The shooting happened around 11:50 p.m. on the 3200 block of Plum Creek Drive after a group of five people went to the apartment complex for a fight. Court records say a fistfight between Ciera and another woman was broken up, then several men began fighting and witnesses heard Ciera’s husband, 30-year-old Demarco Moorer, yell that someone had pulled a gun just before shots were fired. Ciera was found in the parking lot and pronounced dead at 12:08 a.m. on August 1; Moorer was taken to a hospital in critical condition and died there at 2:13 a.m.
Officers stopped a vehicle matching the description of the SUV the group fled in and arrested 29-year-old Marquise Sheppard on August 1, 2023, on charges related to the double homicide. If anyone knew Ciera or was in the area that night, please share what you remember.