Amarah S’rem Alexandra Riley was 22 when she was shot and killed on the evening of Wednesday, September 19, 2018. She was driving southbound on Rainier Avenue South in the Skyway area at about 10:22 p.m. when another vehicle pulled up alongside hers and multiple shots were fired into her car. Struck by gunfire, her car crossed the road and crashed; emergency responders found her fatally wounded.

King County Sheriff’s detectives investigated and called the attack seemingly random, with no clear motive at the time. Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound and a family friend offered rewards, but no arrests were made and the investigation later went cold. Investigators have said they believe Amarah was not the intended target and may have been mistaken for someone else by gang members.

Her family — including her mother, brother and grandfather Dale Riley — continue to mourn, and her grandfather maintains a cross at the site of the shooting. If anyone was in the Skyway area that night or has information about the vehicles or people involved, please share what is known.