Dashanika Sherrod, 25, was fatally shot in her Newport News, Virginia apartment in the early morning of January 4, 2016. The shooting occurred just after 1:30 a.m. when a man known to Sherrod forced his way into the residence and shot her. Sherrod’s mother and her two young children were present in the apartment during the attack; they were not physically harmed.

Newport News Police identified a male suspect described as an acquaintance of Sherrod, but authorities did not release his name immediately.

Did anyone in Newport News have contact with Dashanika or know who might have been involved that night?