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Keira Holmes was a toddler struck and killed by a stray bullet on December 18, 2011, in New Orleans. She was about one year old and playing in the courtyard of the B.W. Cooper apartment complex when a vehicle drove through and opened fire; one round struck her in the head. She was taken to a nearby hospital and later died. A 19-year-old man, Emmett Allen, was also critically wounded and left paralyzed; investigators later determined Allen was the intended target.

The shooting prompted vigils and protests calling for action against gun violence. The New Orleans Police Department received numerous tips and mounted an intensive investigation that produced multiple arrests. Among those charged were Tyrone T-bone Knockum, Terrious Owney, and Narkee Hunter; another linked suspect was killed in a separate incident. In October 2019 Darius Knox pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and accessory after the fact to murder and attempted murder and received a 27-year sentence for his role in the case.

If anyone has memories of that day at B.W. Cooper or information about the people involved, please share what is known.