Delayah Sims was 17 when she was fatally shot outside her home in Tacoma, Washington, on the evening of March 23, 2024. The shooting occurred in the 1800 block of South 15th Street. She suffered gunshot wounds to her abdomen and left forearm and was heard calling for her mother before her father rushed her to a local hospital, where she died. The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled her death a homicide.

In the days before the killing, Delayah had been receiving threatening text messages from her 18-year-old ex-boyfriend, Aiden Ray Tyrrell, amid a breakup during which he accused her of cheating. Two days earlier Tyrrell allegedly went to her home, tried to lure her outside, and, when she refused, fired a shot into a neighbor’s apartment before leaving. On March 23, Delayah was on the phone with her sister when she went outside; the sister then heard screams and a witness reported seeing a gunshot fired from a tan sedan that sped away.

Tyrrell turned himself in and was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, drive-by shooting, and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Prosecutors said he had threatened to kill Delayah before luring her outside and shooting her. Did anyone in the neighborhood see the tan sedan or have other information about that night?