Carly Juliene Ellis was 19 and a lifelong resident of Chattanooga, Tennessee. A 2014 graduate of Ooltewah High School, she had been a cheerleader and was crowned Homecoming Princess as a freshman at Silverdale Baptist Academy. At the time of her death she was a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga student, a member of the Sigma Kappa Theta Phi Chapter sorority, and worked at Bar Louie and RAW Dance Bar and Grill. Friends and family remembered her for dancing, playing piano at Riverbend for three years, and a bright, outgoing personality.

On the afternoon of March 15, 2016, inside a home on Lewis Street, a 22-year-old man identified as Aaron Randal was in another room when a firearm was unintentionally discharged. The bullet traveled through a wall and struck Carly in the neck, producing a mortal wound. Police found Carly fatally injured and detained Randal for questioning. Authorities later characterized the shooting as a negligent or accidental discharge and decided not to file criminal charges.

Did anyone in Chattanooga know Carly or have information about that afternoon on Lewis Street?