Kenneth Ellababedi was an 18-year-old Hispanic senior at El Dorado High School when he was fatally shot during a house party on Wendy Reed Street in the Montwood Heights neighborhood of East El Paso on August 22, 2021. The gathering had been announced on social media, became overcrowded and disorderly with fights, and gunfire broke out around 2 a.m.; Kenneth was shot and killed during the chaos.

Kenneth had just turned 18 in June 2021, worked at a fast-food job, and helped raise his younger siblings while his mother, Alma Vaughan, parented as a single mom. Vaughan made a public plea for witnesses to come forward. The El Paso Police Department is investigating and, as of early Tuesday evening following the incident, no arrests had been made. The community organized a GoFundMe for funeral expenses and offered rewards for information leading to arrest and prosecution.

If anyone witnessed the party or has information about the shooting, can you contact the El Paso Police Department with tips?