Ariuna Michelle Cotton was 15 and a sophomore at Hillside High School when she was shot and killed on December 13, 2021. She was riding in a Hyundai SUV with six other juveniles near Eugene and Mathison streets around 3 a.m. when someone opened fire on the vehicle. The SUV then crashed. Ariuna and 19-year-old Isaiah Carrington, a former student at Northern High and Performance Learning Center, were killed. Four other juveniles, aged 12 to 17, were injured and survived.

The vehicle had been reported stolen the day before the shooting. Durham police have not identified suspects or made arrests in the case. Family members say Ariuna left home without her grandmother’s knowledge that night and was with people her family considers the wrong crowd. The community has held memorials and the family is urging anyone with information to contact investigators.

Does anyone have details about Ariuna’s last known movements or the stolen Hyundai that could help the investigation?