Dara Northern, 29, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of July 18, 2021, outside her home in the 6100 block of 4th Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. Known to some as Joan or Cookie, she had recently ended a relationship and was meeting a friend that night when the attack occurred. As she got into the passenger seat of the friend’s car shortly before 1:30 a.m., her ex-boyfriend Idrissa Fall approached, pulled out a handgun, and fired a single shot that struck her in the right eye. Her friend, fearing for her life, drove away; first responders later found Northern critically injured on the 6700 block of 5th Street, Northwest. She was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Detectives treated the killing as a domestic homicide linked to the recent breakup. Investigators say Fall had disabled security cameras at Northern’s home before the shooting, though a neighbor’s camera captured him fleeing the scene. On August 2, 2021, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Idrissa Falls and charged him with Second Degree Murder while Armed. If anyone knew Dara, her routines, or the people around her, can you share what you remember?