Cierra Ii Young was 18 when she was shot and killed on the evening of February 14, 2021. She left her District Heights, Maryland, home around 8 p.m. after being picked up by a male friend for dinner. Around 9:12 p.m. in the 3300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue SE in Washington, D.C., shots were fired into the vehicle while she was a passenger. The car later crashed a block away at the intersection with Branch Avenue; responders found Cierra inside one of the cars with a gunshot wound to her shoulder. She was rushed to a hospital but was pronounced dead.

Cierra, known as Cici, was a senior at Theodore Roosevelt High School and had started a clothing line called Evol. Her mother, LaShawn Young, said Cierra loved to dance and had a bright spirit. Police say no arrests have been made; investigators identified a white Mercedes-Benz with heavily tinted windows on surveillance and a reward of $25,000 has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Did anyone in the area see the white Mercedes-Benz that night or have information about the shooting?