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Mkenzie Denise McKinney was 10 years old when she was killed in a New Year’s Day shooting at the family home in Greensboro, North Carolina, on January 1, 2020. She was one of three victims; the others were 2-year-old Serenity Taliem Rose and 61-year-old Jerry Griffin. Police responding to a welfare check found Mkenzie and Griffin dead and Serenity critically injured; Serenity later died.

Brittany Christina McKinney, 28 at the time and identified as Mkenzie’s mother and Serenity’s aunt, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder. Authorities say she fled in Jerry Griffin’s vehicle and was later stopped after a hit-and-run crash. Family members reported Brittany called a relative after the shootings and confessed. At her initial court appearance she was ordered held without bail and faced possible capital charges. The motive remains unclear, though reports noted she may have been overwhelmed with life.

Did anyone in Greensboro know Mkenzie or have information about what happened that night?