Nineteen-year-old Tasjahnaya Khalia Dance, known to family as Tasji, was shot multiple times near Bowdoin Avenue and Washington Street in Dorchester on January 22, 2021. Police responded to a call about 12:40 p.m., found her with life-threatening injuries, and she was transported to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. The death was ruled a homicide.

Tasjahnaya grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and moved to Boston when she was younger. Family remember her as funny, smart, fiercely loyal and protective of her siblings, with a distinctive sense of style and a passion for music; they keep her songs to hear her voice. Boston police released images of a man described as a person of interest and asked the public for help identifying him.

By late February 2021, a 17-year-old male, Albert Brown, was arrested and charged in the case and held without bail at arraignment. If anyone has information about Tasjahnaya, her movements that day, or the person pictured by investigators, please come forward.