Ciara Michelle Grimes was 18 and living in Rochester, New York, when she was fatally shot after a meeting with her ex-boyfriend on the night of May 8, 2018. She had an active order of protection against 17-year-old Jermaine Brown issued six days earlier. The meeting took place inside a house on Delamaine Drive where Brown, according to witnesses, was handling a .25 caliber pistol and pressed it against Ciara’s arm while laughing and saying he should shoot her, claiming he believed the gun was unloaded. The weapon discharged, the bullet passed through her arm into her chest, and she died in the early hours of May 9, 2018, after being rushed to the hospital.

Investigators say witness accounts were initially misleading, but attention soon focused on Brown. He was arrested days later when he appeared at court for an unrelated matter and charged with manslaughter, aggravated criminal contempt for violating the protection order, and weapon possession. Prosecutors declined to pursue murder charges because witnesses reported Brown said he thought the gun was empty; that statement figured in charging decisions. Brown later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and received a prison term of two to six years. The other people who were present and who gave false statements were not charged in connection with the death.

Did anyone in Rochester know Ciara or have information about what happened at the Delamaine Drive house that night?