Nikea Niki Cope was 22 when she was killed by gunfire in Paducah, Kentucky, on December 30, 2020. The shooting prompted a local homicide investigation.

Police arrested a man identified as her boyfriend in connection with the fatal shooting; he was accused of shooting and killing her. The case left the community confronting a young life ended and the violent consequences of an intimate-partner dispute.

If anyone has information about Nikea Cope, her last hours, or the circumstances in Paducah around December 30, 2020, please share what you know.