Maria Alana McIntosh was an American resident of St. Paul, Minnesota. ^[0]

She was the partner of Jeffrey Jamaile Taylor. ^[0]They both had one child together. ^[0]

On April 7, 2017, Maria, her sister Olivia McIntosh, and their father Wade Gordon McIntosh were killed in a shooting inside a Payne-Phalen apartment. ^[0]

Just before 1:00 a.m. local time, police were called to a report of gunshots fired at an apartment building in the 1600 block of English Street where the murders took place. ^[0]

Immediately after the shooting, authorities began a frantic search for one of the victims’ daughter — an 18-month-old girl.

Police found the toddler safe and arrested, Jeffery Arkis Taylor who was hiding with her in a shed not far from the apartment. ^[0]

Police found another suspect in the case, Jeffrey Jamaile Taylor, the father of the toddler, dead of a gunshot wound. He was discovered as officers canvassed a wooded area southeast of the original shooting scene. Police are investigating the circumstances of his death. ^[0]