Amanda M. Kirwin was 14 when she was fatally shot on August 12, 2014, while talking with friends outside her home on Dana Avenue in Franklinton, Ohio. Known as Lil Marley, she had recently graduated from Starling Middle School and participated in the Run the Race Ministry.

Police say Amanda was not the intended target; investigators allege a 9 mm handgun was fired at someone in her group and Amanda was struck instead. A 16-year-old, Donald W. Loper IV, was arrested and charged in connection with the killing; he had two pending juvenile cases in Franklin County at the time. Reports state he was later sentenced to 16 years for involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence.

Amanda’s family and community mourned her loss and remember her fondly.