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Fredricka S. Hodges, a 29-year-old Black woman and mother of two young daughters, was killed on April 7, 2014, in Milwaukee when a stray bullet pierced her car and struck her in the head near N. 24th and W. Center streets. Her vehicle continued moving and later collided with another car. She was on her way to say a final goodbye to her father, who had died earlier that day.

Milwaukee police identified 20-year-old Brandon Crawford as a suspect and charged him in July 2014 with first-degree reckless homicide for Hodges’ death and first-degree reckless injury for wounding Oscar Rash, who was also shot. Rash later identified Crawford in a lineup. Crawford was bound over for trial, but prosecutors dropped the charges in November 2014 after new evidence reportedly placed Crawford buying a car at about 5:52 p.m., a digital timestamp that formed an alibi for the time of the shooting. The police say the investigation remains open and no further arrests have been announced.

Who in the area that evening might have seen the shooting or remembers vehicles or people near N. 24th and W. Center around 5 p.m. on April 7, 2014?