Tanisha Lavonne Hairston was 29 when she was found dead in a Dunbar, West Virginia parking lot on the morning of May 15, 2018. Neighbors reported hearing gunshots shortly after 3 a.m., but her body was not discovered until about 7 a.m. Investigators determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound and pronounced her dead at the scene. Officers found bullet casings and items covered in blood near a group of townhouses along Roxalana Hills Drive by the Roxalana Hills Apartments.

Dunbar Police opened a homicide investigation and publicly identified Hairston as the victim. At one point police were reportedly looking for a person of interest at a Walmart parking lot in Southridge. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified, and the case has grown cold. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to come forward.