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Alexis Marcille Barnett was 19 when she was fatally shot in Washington, Pennsylvania, on the night of Wednesday, May 4, 2016. She was walking with a group on Bruce Street at about 9:40 p.m. when a small silver car pulled up and someone associated with the vehicle opened fire. Police said Barnett was not the intended target and was struck while the attack was aimed at another person. A friend, Jasmine Young, was also shot in the lower left leg and survived after treatment; Barnett was taken to Washington Hospital and pronounced dead later that night.

Investigators focused on two Washington men, Tavian Hooper and Jamaal Greene, both 18 at the time of arrest, alleging the shooting stemmed from bad blood with an intended target, Edwin Cheeno Rivera, 26. Authorities said Greene was driving and dropped Hooper off before shots were fired; a juvenile witness reportedly said Greene told Hooper to pull his hood up. Greene pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit homicide and received 8½ to 20 years; Hooper later pleaded guilty to third-degree homicide, conspiracy, and aggravated assault and was sentenced to 9 to 20 years. Barnett’s family held vigils and spoke publicly about their loss and grief.

Did anyone in the area that night see the silver car or know more about the sequence of events leading up to the shooting?