On the morning of December 18, 2023, the body of 31-year-old Ngaire Tusi, a Samoan mother of seven, was found unresponsive beneath a picnic shelter in Madrona Park, Tacoma, Washington. A passerby discovered her near a gazebo around 8:35 a.m.; she was pronounced dead at the scene. The Pierce County Medical Examiner determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head and ruled the death a homicide. Surveillance audio from the park captured a single gunshot at about 2:30 a.m. that morning.

Investigators say the killing followed accusations that Tusi had provided information to police about 22-year-old James Salanoa, a friend who had been a suspect in a violent November kidnapping and rape case and who was shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies on November 28. Detectives identified two men as suspects in Tusi’s killing: 32-year-old Muhammad Takseem Salanoa, the uncle of James Salanoa, and 33-year-old Apelu Sone Tauanuu. Authorities allege Tauanuu picked Tusi up and drove her to the park where she was shot, and that Muhammad Salanoa targeted her out of anger over perceived cooperation with law enforcement.

Does anyone have information about Tusi, her movements that night, or contacts within that friend group that could help the investigation?