Yolanda Renee Whitfield, 26, was shot and killed in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2015. A student and staff member at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, she had served as a Resident Assistant, Graduate Hall Director and Living Learning Communities Coordinator and worked in TRiO and the Financial Aid office while studying social work and student affairs.

The shooting took place at the home of her boyfriend’s mother on the 7800 block of West 28th Street after an argument between Whitfield and her 25-year-old boyfriend, Cory Dewan Brooks. Witnesses told police the couple argued in a bedroom, Brooks’ mother intervened, Whitfield reportedly struck the mother, and Brooks then allegedly shot Whitfield five times. A warrant was issued for Brooks for first-degree murder and he was arrested and held on a $100,000 bond.

The university held a memorial service for Whitfield. If anyone knew her, lived near West 28th Street, or has information about that evening, please come forward.