Nine-year-old Brandoniya Bennett of Dallas was killed by a stray bullet inside her Roseland Townhomes unit on Munger Avenue in Old East Dallas on August 14, 2019. She had just finished getting her nails for the first day of fourth grade and was walking back to the couch after getting a snack when shots rang out; a bullet struck her in the head and she was pronounced dead at Baylor University Medical Center shortly afterward.

The shooting followed a social media feud between amateur rapper Tyrese Simmons, 19, and a rival. Simmons and Davonte Benton, 22, were involved in a fight next door; after the altercation broke up, Benton and Simmons ran to the back of the townhouse and fired several rounds into the wrong unit, one of which struck Brandoniya. Benton was arrested on September 5, 2019, on a capital murder charge; he was later convicted of murder and sentenced to 45 years in prison. Simmons turned himself in the day after the shooting, was charged with capital murder, and later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and to jumping bail as part of a plea deal that resulted in a five-year sentence.

Brandoniya’s death prompted calls from Dallas community members for an end to gang-related violence, and her family has spoken of ongoing grief. Does anyone have information about that night or remember relevant activity around Roseland Townhomes on August 14, 2019?