Angelina Palmer was 39 and a mother of nine when she was killed on the evening of May 26, 2022, her birthday. She was leaving a 7-Eleven on Pacific Avenue South in Spanaway, Washington, when a stray bullet struck her during gunfire that erupted from an altercation between people in two vehicles in the store parking lot. She was not involved in the dispute. Deputies provided first aid and medics transported her to a nearby hospital, but she died en route. The vehicles involved fled the scene.

Family members described Palmer as a devoted sister and mother who had once taken in five younger siblings to keep them out of foster care while raising her own children. Investigators identified Jerrmell Rashadd Warren as the shooter after witnesses said he opened fire following a verbal argument and after someone sprayed him with bear spray. Warren was in custody on unrelated charges when he was charged with second-degree murder, three counts of assault, and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm in connection with Palmer’s death.

Does anyone have information about the parking lot altercation or the vehicles that fled that night?