Fourteen-year-old Tashuntis Roberts, a Southwest High School freshman and cheerleader, was killed on the evening of Sunday, December 13, 2015, when someone opened fire into her family’s home on Lindwood Drive in Macon, Georgia. Tashuntis was struck by multiple bullets and later pronounced dead at a local medical center. Investigators have characterized the attack as targeted and gang-related, concluding the intended target was Tashuntis’s brother and that she was an innocent bystander.

The investigation produced a primary suspect, 18-year-old Terrance Hampton. Authorities obtained a warrant charging him with murder and aggravated assault; U.S. Marshals arrested him at a Waffle House on Riverside Drive. Evidence presented at a preliminary hearing included 9mm rounds from Hampton’s residence that matched the scene and a text message on his phone referencing the killing. A witness said Hampton spoke of retaliation after his home was shot at and later expressed regret that the wrong person had been killed. A judge found sufficient evidence to hold Hampton without bond.

If anyone has information about Tashuntis, her family, or the events that led to this shooting, please come forward.