Seventeen-year-old Marchannae Johnson of Murrieta was killed on December 11, 2005, in San Diego. She was sitting in a parked car with friends in the Lincoln Park area when a 15-year-old boy opened fire on the vehicle. Marchannae was struck multiple times, died in the arms of her best friend, and was pronounced dead at Scripps Mercy Hospital shortly afterward.

Investigators described the shooting as gang-related. A 15-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with her murder; the case was prosecuted in juvenile court, where the suspect was found guilty and sentenced to juvenile detention. Marchannae’s family and friends remember her as a bright, ambitious young woman who planned to attend college.