Tierra Pressley was 24 and from Woodlynne when she was fatally shot in Camden, New Jersey, on June 17, 2007. The attack occurred about 2:30 a.m. in the parking lot of the Seventh and Kaighns Lounge after Pressley had just left the establishment with her cousin and was speaking with a friend, Adrien Jackson. A gunman approached and opened fire with a semi-automatic handgun, striking Pressley multiple times in her back, torso, arm, and leg. Her cousin drove her to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Prosecutors said the shooting was a targeted ambush intended for Jackson; Jackson survived after spending about a month in hospital. Two Camden men, Manfred Younger and Anthony Parker, were arrested in connection with the case. A jury convicted Younger of murder, attempted murder and related charges after a seven-week trial; Parker was acquitted. Testimony at trial included Younger telling a cellmate the shooting was part of a Bloods initiation and that Pressley was in the way. Younger was later sentenced to 78 years in state prison for Pressley’s murder and the attempted murder of Jackson.