Justine Allison Bernard, 19, was fatally shot in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 2, 2021. Bernard, a University of New Haven student who had made the Dean’s List, was visiting the city when the early-morning shooting occurred inside an apartment on Auburn Avenue.

An argument between Bernard and an acquaintance, 20-year-old Nyasia Reeves, escalated and Reeves allegedly shot Bernard. Bernard drove herself to a nearby hospital but later died of her injuries. Atlanta Police Department homicide detectives identified Reeves as the suspect; she was arrested and booked into the Fulton County Jail on charges of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. The investigation found the shooting grew out of the dispute between the two women.

If anyone knew Bernard or has information about what led to the confrontation, please come forward and share what you know.