On the evening of November 30, 2016, 27-year-old Amber Dudley of Collingswood, New Jersey, was fatally shot in Trenton while a passenger in a Lyft. The group had been targeted in a robbery on Mechanics Avenue when a man with a handgun tried to get into the vehicle. A struggle followed and, as the driver attempted to flee, the gunman fired a shot that struck Dudley in the chest.

The driver raced to Trenton Police headquarters for help. Officers and emergency medical personnel worked to save Dudley and she was rushed to a nearby hospital for emergency surgery, but she died of her injuries. Investigators later arrested multiple people in connection with the incident. Two women, Dominique Richter, 31, of Hamilton, and Kasey DeZolt, 32, of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, were charged as accomplices accused of luring the Lyft to the scene. The alleged gunman, identified as 43-year-old Ronderrick Manuel of Trenton, and two other men, Andrew Alston and Douglas Mathis, were also arrested and implicated. Several co-defendants, including the triggerman Ronderrick Manuel, pleaded guilty to roles in the events that led to Dudley’s death.

If anyone has information about the robbery or the people involved that could shed more light on what happened that night, please share it.