Aniyah Elie was 17 when she died of a gunshot wound on October 16, 2022. A recent graduate of Focus North High School, she had been accepted to Columbus State and planned to join Job Corps; she was working at Kroger at the time.

Court records say an altercation at the Kroger on 1350 North High Street involved Aniyah and another girl. After leaving the store the two met again at North 4th Street and East 11th Avenue. Aniyah ran up to the passenger window of the other girl’s vehicle and was immediately shot. She reached her car and was taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, where she later died.

Nineteen-year-old Kyrique Camper was arrested October 27, 2022, and charged with murder and criminal mischief. Security footage reportedly shows Camper getting into the vehicle with the other girl minutes before the shooting, and a witness from inside that vehicle told police Camper fired the shot.

If anyone knew Aniyah, was at the Kroger, or has information about the encounter that day, please share what you know.