Aileen Wells was 13 when she was killed on April 22, 1973, during a shooting spree in South Los Angeles carried out by 25-year-old William Ray Bonner. The rampage began after an argument at Bonner’s home and unfolded across several locations, leaving seven dead and nine wounded. Aileen was with her 18-year-old sister Vicky Wells at a gas station when Bonner approached them.

He shot Vicky in the back with a shotgun, critically wounding her, then fatally shot Aileen as she ran toward the service area. Bonner was arrested after a shootout with police and charged with multiple counts including murder, assault with a deadly weapon and kidnapping. On December 17, 1973, Bonner received a life sentence.

Does anyone have memories of Aileen or Vicky, or information about that day in South Los Angeles?