Carla J. Carrington was 17 when she was killed on August 17, 1988, in Chester, Pennsylvania. An honor student and high school cheerleader, she was at a field where over one hundred teenagers had gathered to witness a scheduled dispute between rival groups. The confrontation turned into a gun battle and Carla, an innocent bystander, was struck in the head by a stray bullet as she tried to flee.

Investigators arrested and prosecuted several people in connection with the gunfight. Four men named in the case are Melvin Mosley, Morris Edmonds, Shawn Wootson, and Walter Richardson, Jr.; they faced charges including first and third-degree murder, voluntary and involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, conspiracy, and multiple firearms offenses. The community later honored Carla by naming a street in the Bennett Homes area Carla’s Lane, and her family and friends hold annual memorial events.