Onjahnique Tahdase Taylor-Marie Williams, 24, was shot and killed in Aurora, Colorado, on March 30, 2022. Police found her in a parking lot on East Mexico Avenue in the early hours after calls about multiple gunshots; she was pronounced dead at the scene. Her family said she had been visiting a friend’s apartment in the area when the shooting occurred.

Born January 3, 1998, in Aurora, Onjahnique was remembered by family as a vibrant, larger-than-life personality and a devoted mother to a son and a daughter. She graduated from Denver Public Schools, earned awards as a child and was published in two books, and was working in customer service at a Dollar Tree at the time of her death. The Aurora Police Major Crimes Homicide Unit is handling the investigation; no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced.

If anyone knew Onjahnique, was in the East Mexico Avenue area that night, or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.