Anais Nin Valencia was 23 when she was killed on the night of Tuesday, February 9, 2021, in Seattle’s Central District. A student at Tacoma Community College who wanted to become a veterinarian, she had recently moved into her first apartment near campus and was remembered for her big smile, love of music, animals and video games, and her close bonds with family and friends.

On the evening of February 9, Anais and a friend were in a vehicle in a parking lot near the 2300 block of South Massachusetts Street when surveillance footage shows a man, identified as Gregory Taylor, approach the car, beat on its hood, and then later open fire, striking both occupants. Officers nearby heard shots as they arrived; Taylor walked toward them and pointed a gun, and officers fired, fatally striking him at the scene. Anais was transported to Harborview Medical Center but died of multiple gunshot wounds; her friend survived. The King County Medical Examiner ruled Anais’s death a homicide. Reports say Taylor lived in the apartment building and had been the subject of prior complaints involving threats with a firearm.

Does anyone have information about Anais, her movements that night, or the people she was with in the Central District?