Ahchantiara Deasia Shanti Lanza was 11 when she was killed on January 12, 2014, at a slumber party in her family home in Cincinnati, Ohio. The girl’s parents were Kristina Lanza and Deandre Kelley. Neither parent realized she had been hit until one of the other girls at the party alerted them.

Kelley was charged in connection with the shooting and faced more than 20 years on the original manslaughter and related counts before accepting a plea that resulted in a six-year prison term, the minimum on the negotiated disposition. Family members reacted strongly in court; Kristina Lanza and Shanti’s aunt, Danielle Lott, were arrested during an outburst, and Judge Nadine Allen maintained the six-year sentence while admonishing the family and stressing that firearms discharged in residential areas can be deadly. Shanti’s death deeply affected her family and community.

Did anyone at the slumber party see what happened in the moments right before the shot was fired?