On August 15, 2021, Yanisha Monique Edwards, a 28-year-old Black woman from Flint, Michigan, was found with gunshot wounds near Lapeer Road and Howard Avenue at about 3:40 a.m. Flint police responded and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Yanisha, known as YaYa, was a mother of two and engaged; her family described her as the cohesive force in their lives. A Flint Northwestern High School graduate, she had attended Saginaw Valley State University on a full-ride scholarship and set multiple records on the women’s track and field team.

Three days after the killing, a 23-year-old Flint woman, Deaisha Keishon-Janee Fisher, identified as a close friend, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and two firearms offenses. The specific motive has not been made public. Family and friends held a balloon release and paid tribute to Yanisha after her death.

Did anyone in the community have contact with Yanisha or information about the events that led up to that early morning on August 15?