Neomi Tafoya, 41, was shot in the head at a friend’s home in the 4700 block of North Vine Street in Denver on the evening of July 24, 2021. Her mother and eldest son arrived to pick her up for a baby shower and were told by Lisa Garcia that Neomi had already left; they instead found Neomi just beyond the door, critically injured. She was taken to Denver Health and later died; the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound and the manner homicide.

Police identified 52-year-old Lisa Garcia as the primary suspect. Family members mentioned possible motives including a dispute over about $300 or jealousy involving a man, but no definitive motive is provided. Garcia remained wanted for more than a month before a task force located her at the Ivy Crossing apartment complex near South Quebec Street and East Harvard Avenue. When she emerged from an apartment on September 3, 2021, she aimed a handgun at deputies and was shot and killed by the responding officers.

Neomi was a mother to seven children. Does anyone have information about Neomi, her time in Denver, or the events on July 24 that could help clarify what happened?