Ashley Nicole Ashworth, 19, was shot in the head during an altercation at a party on Cedar Springs Circle in Clarksville, Tennessee, in the late hours of a September evening in 2016. She was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and died on September 19, 2016. At the time she had been enrolling in the Air Force.

Witnesses said a man fired what he later called warning shots into the crowd; one bullet struck Ashley. Police say the shooter had been arguing with another guest and intended to hit that person; Ashley was near the intended target. Officers recovered the firearm from the shooter’s vehicle and identified him as 19-year-old Demarkus Ely of Mobile, Alabama. Ely was initially charged with aggravated assault; after Ashley’s death the charge was upgraded to criminal homicide.

In July 2018 Ely pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and received a six-year prison term plus 100 hours of community service that included speaking engagements about gun violence. Ashley’s family expressed that the sentence did not match their loss.

If anyone knew Ashley or has information about that night, please share what you know.