Kalecia Pinky Williams was 16 when she was fatally shot in a downtown Atlanta hotel in the early hours of December 27, 2020. Known online for her dance videos on TikTok and a student at South Atlanta High School, she had left home on Christmas night believing she would attend a chaperoned holiday gathering that was later moved to the Hyatt Regency, where an adult reportedly paid for a room for the teenagers.

Just after midnight, Williams was recording a TikTok in an eighth-floor room when someone entered and the video ended abruptly. Minutes later, between about 12:23 a.m. and 12:30 a.m., guests heard a gunshot. She was found with a gunshot wound to the groin, carried to the lobby by two young men, transported to a hospital and later pronounced dead; her family was not notified until the next day. Reports and an autopsy indicated she may have been sexually assaulted before her death.

A 16-year-old male identified as Kerie Brown was arrested at the scene and charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, reckless conduct and illegal possession of a pistol by a person under 18. He was tried in juvenile court and reportedly received a one-year juvenile facility sentence before release; the family protested the sentence and has continued to seek further justice.

Did anyone have contact with Kalecia that night or see the group at the hotel?