Aaliyah Norris was 7 when she was shot in the head on June 25, 2020, while riding in a car on Oak Street in Forest City, North Carolina. She was reportedly eating ice cream at the time of the shooting and died of her injuries the next day. The death deeply affected the Forest City community and Dunbar Elementary School shared a photo of Aaliyah while asking for prayers for her family and friends.

Police arrested 26-year-old Shaquille Marshon Francis in connection with the shooting. He had been released from jail roughly three hours before the attack after a prior arrest for assault by pointing a gun. Francis was initially charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill, discharging a weapon into occupied property inflicting serious bodily injury, and discharging a firearm within the city limits; those charges were later upgraded to murder and he was held on a $10 million secured bond. The Forest City Police Department said community tips and assistance from law enforcement partners led to Francis being taken into custody without incident.

Does anyone have information about Aaliyah’s last known movements or the vehicle involved that could help clarify what happened?