Hailey Marie Watts, an 18-year-old from Fort Worth, Texas, was shot and killed on April 20, 2021, while riding in a vehicle near the Park at LeBlanc apartments on the 6200 block of Salem Circle. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner recorded gunshot wounds to her left arm and chest; she was pronounced dead at the scene. She was born September 27, 2002, in Arlington and is remembered by family as loving and close with her two younger sisters.

The shooting was part of a gang-related incident in which 22-year-old Leandre Steele, identified as a documented Bloods member, fired eight rounds toward Hailey and her boyfriend’s vehicle while aiming at two other young men. One of those rounds struck Hailey. Steele later pleaded guilty to engaging in organized criminal activity-murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and received a 40-year prison sentence.

Does anyone have information about the events that night or memories of Hailey to share with her family?