Rhianna McKenzie was 19 when she was fatally shot on June 30, 2016, outside McCullen’s Motel in Eureka, California. She was sitting in a car with her boyfriend, Elisha Mansell, when gunfire struck the vehicle; Mansell was not injured and the Eureka Police Department identified McKenzie as the victim soon after the incident.

Court records name 22-year-old Maxx Carson Robison as the primary suspect. According to those records, Robison went to the motel to purchase drugs from Mansell; an argument followed during which Mansell fired shots into the air. Robison left but returned with a high-powered rifle and opened fire on the car, killing McKenzie.

Robison was arrested and charged in connection with the shooting. The case drew attention to drug-related violence and the consequences for the victims’ families. If anyone knew Rhianna or has information about the events that night, please come forward with what you know.