On the evening of November 26, 2017, gunfire on Hillside Avenue in Lawrence, Massachusetts, ended with a crashed car and 25-year-old Mindy T Tran inside, suffering multiple gunshot wounds. She was taken to Lawrence General Hospital and pronounced dead.

Investigators treated the killing as connected to drug activity rather than a random act; Tran did not live in that neighborhood. Months passed without a suspect, and in January 2018 police released surveillance video showing two people approaching the area where Tran was found then fleeing. The Essex State Police Detective Unit and Lawrence Police sought help identifying those individuals.

In August 2021 authorities arrested 18-year-old Emanuel Dysla of Lawrence, charging him with Tran’s murder and saying he had been 14 at the time of the shooting. Court documents allege a cooperating witness told investigators that a Trinitario gang member ordered Dysla, known as Gordito, and a female companion to rob Tran, who was allegedly a marijuana dealer; the witness said the robbery turned to shooting when a passenger door was locked and Dysla began firing, allegedly saying he was following orders. Dysla was held without bail after arraignment.

Did anyone in the area recognize the two people shown in the surveillance footage or have other information about Tran’s movements that night?