In the early morning hours of September 14, 2014, a car parked on Jefferson Street in Gary, Indiana, held a grim discovery. A concerned citizen reported a suspicious vehicle around 3:30 a.m., and officers found 32-year-old Tanika Ewing and 38-year-old Alex McKenney inside the car; both had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Ewing, a Black female who worked as a hairdresser and often traveled to clients’ homes, was in the driver’s seat; McKenney was in the passenger seat.

Friends and family remembered Ewing as a vibrant presence and a member of the City of Praise Church. Investigators were puzzled by the lack of any immediate reports of gunfire in the area, and the scene yielded few leads. The Gary Police Department opened an investigation, but no arrests were made and no suspects were publicly identified. The case remains unsolved.

If anyone knew Tanika, Alex, or has information about that night on Jefferson Street, please come forward.