On the evening of Saturday, March 14, 2015, gunfire erupted in the 1800 block of East 20th Court in Gary, Indiana, and Tiffani Murphy, a 38-year-old Black woman who lived on that block, was struck. Neighbors and witnesses transported her to Methodist Hospitals Northlake Campus the same night. She died at 6:20 a.m. on Sunday, March 15; the Lake County Coroner’s office later ruled her death a homicide.

A 51-year-old man who was at the scene was also critically injured and taken to the same hospital. Gary police, including the Violent Crime Unit, processed the scene and opened an investigation. In the days afterward reports said a Gary man was charged with murder in connection with Murphy’s death, though the case’s publicly known details were limited.

If anyone knew Murphy, witnessed the shooting, or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.