Tar’niya Carter was 16 and a student at Spectrum Academy in Stuart when she was shot on December 3, 2019, in Fort Pierce. The shooting happened around 6 p.m. in the 3100 block of Avenue J, near the Boys & Girls Club. A 15-year-old boy was also injured and later released from the hospital; Carter was placed on life support and died several days later.

Family and the community remember Carter as outspoken, outgoing and classy, who loved dancing, taking pictures and hoped to become a nurse. Her mother, Christina Harris, said she believed Tar’niya was not the intended target. Fort Pierce police were still investigating and had not publicly identified suspects or announced arrests.

Does anyone have information about that evening in the 3100 block of Avenue J or about people who might help investigators fill in what happened?