Haley Brook Newsom, 22, was fatally shot in LaGrange, Georgia after a handgun discharged inside a Meadowland Trail home on the evening of July 19, 2020. Emergency services found her unresponsive around 8:35 p.m.; she was moved from the scene to WellStar West Georgia Medical Center and then airlifted to an Atlanta hospital, where she died on July 20, 2020. Newsom was a 2018 honor graduate of Troup High School and remembered for a vibrant personality and close ties to family and friends.

Initial inquiry treated the shooting as accidental, but the investigation later produced arrests. A 17-year-old, identified as Cameryn Phillips, was arrested on July 23, 2020 and charged with involuntary manslaughter, four counts of aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime; Phillips was held without bond. An 18-year-old, Joshua K. Baker of Newnan, was charged with furnishing a pistol to a minor in connection with the firearm that struck Newsom.

Are there readers who knew Haley or who have information about what happened that night?