On the night of July 4 into the early hours of July 5, 2014, 24-year-old Francesca Marie DeSandre was shot and killed outside her home on the 2600 block of North Third Street in Minneapolis. She had hosted a Fourth of July party that evening. Earlier that night Francesca, Marco Anthony Gresham, and another woman had gone into downtown Minneapolis and later returned to Francesca’s residence. According to accounts, an argument followed after Gresham confronted the other woman about an unrelated homicide; he drew a handgun and shot the other woman in the abdomen when she tried to push the gun away.

Francesca ran toward her house and was struck by gunfire, collapsing on the front steps. She was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds; the other woman survived despite serious injuries. Marco Anthony Gresham was arrested on July 8, 2014, charged with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder, and later received lengthy prison sentences for those convictions.

Does anyone have information about Francesca, her daughter Alexandra, or the events that night?