Leneesha Helen Columbus, known as Nee Nee, was a 27-year-old woman from South Minneapolis who was shot near East 37th Street and Elliot Avenue on July 5, 2020. Officers arrived about 9:15 a.m. to find bystanders performing CPR; she was transported to Hennepin Healthcare where doctors delivered her baby prematurely, but Leneesha did not survive.

Authorities identified her boyfriend, Zachary Victor Robinson Jr., as the suspect and arrested him in Illinois. Robinson faced one count of murder for Leneesha’s death and a second-degree murder charge was added for the death of the unborn child. The infant, named Leneesha LaDell Columbus, survived four weeks after being delivered and died on August 5, 2020; the baby’s cause of death was listed as homicide.

Leneesha is survived by children Lavell Lovelady, Lazayda Columbus Hester, and Leneesha Hester, her parents LaDell Turnipseed and Leonard Columbus, and several siblings. Does anyone have information about Leneesha’s life or the shooting that could help her family and investigators?