Tiffany K. Wilson was 28 and a mother of two when she was shot and killed in the early morning hours of February 6, 2018, on the 100 block of Scheerer Avenue in Newark, New Jersey. A lifelong Newark resident, she was pronounced dead at University Hospital. The man accused of her murder was her ex-boyfriend and the father of her children, 31-year-old Kareem Dawson of Irvington.

Wilson and Dawson had two children, a daughter named Kayla and a son, Kareem Jr. Their relationship was described as violent; Wilson had obtained a restraining order and Dawson was arrested twice in the months before her death, including incidents in October and December, the latter outside a daycare in Maplewood where he allegedly tried to abduct their son. Despite those arrests, Dawson was released from custody on both occasions. Wilson had recently moved her children from a women’s shelter to a new neighborhood out of fear for their safety.

On February 6 Dawson pursued Wilson and shot her, then fled and led police on a chase that ended in Summit. Cornered, he shot himself and was taken to Morristown Medical Center and charged with murder; he died from his injuries on February 16, 2018. The case drew public attention to domestic violence and the state’s bail reform laws. Does anyone have information about Wilson’s life in Newark or the neighborhood where she moved with her children?