Charleen Figueroa was 22 when she was found unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a car on West Alvord Street in Springfield in the early morning hours of November 28, 2021. She had suffered a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting was part of a larger exchange of gunfire that also left 32-year-old Chad Alexander wounded outside a nearby home; he later died from his injuries on December 11, 2021.

Charleen, known to family and friends as Chyna, was born September 28, 1999. She grew up in the Springfield school system and worked at Racing Mart. Described by those who knew her as loving, fiercely loyal, and full of life, she enjoyed doing hair and makeup and cared deeply for animals.

An arrest in the case was made in July 2022 when Victor Oquendo of Belchertown was charged with murder in connection with Charleen’s death along with related firearms offenses. Does anyone who knew Charleen or was in that neighborhood on November 28, 2021 have information to share?