Alyssa Neitz was 17 and a student at Sterlington High School when she was fatally shot in the Swartz-Fairbanks area on the afternoon of Friday, February 23, 2018. Just before 4 p.m. the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office responded and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Family and friends remember her as kind, fearless, and full of promise.

The Sheriff’s Office investigation led to the arrest of a 13-year-old boy; his name was not released because of his age. He was charged with negligent homicide and held at Green Oaks Detention Center. Reports state he later pleaded guilty to juvenile negligent homicide and received the maximum sentence available to the juvenile court.

If anyone knew Alyssa or was in the Swartz-Fairbanks area that afternoon and has information that wasn’t shared with investigators, please come forward.