Sierrah Rochelle Simmons was 20 when she was killed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on the evening of April 2, 2014. She was inside a residence at 1708 4th Avenue SE with 22-year-old Quintrell D. Perkins and others when gunfire erupted from outside. Simmons and Perkins were both struck and pronounced dead at the scene; Sierrah’s cause of death was recorded as gunshot wounds to the head and neck.

Cedar Rapids police opened a double homicide investigation and sought public help early on. Family remembered Sierrah for her big heart and artistic abilities and said she enjoyed time with family and friends. A later breakthrough in the probe led to an arrest and prosecution of Kendu Ray Petties, who was accused of firing at the house and was convicted by a Linn County jury on charges including first-degree murder and conspiracy, receiving a mandatory life sentence without parole.

Did anyone who knew Sierrah or who was in that neighborhood on April 2, 2014, come forward with tips at the time?