Alexa Michell Centeno was an 18-year-old from Durham, North Carolina, born March 20, 2003. She loved skateboarding, reading, and spending time with family, and was especially close to her nieces and siblings. Her death left her community mourning a young life cut short.

On the evening of October 29, 2021, Centeno was shot on the 5300 block of Penrith Drive, in a parking lot near an apartment complex in the city’s southern end near N.C. 55 and Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. She was transported to a nearby hospital and later died of her injuries. Police said the shooting did not appear to be random.

There is a name connected to a charge in news reports, but legal proceedings were ongoing as of the last updates. Who knew Alexa, where she spent her time, or has information about that night?