Jakiyah Kiyah Kalasza Wrightsil was a 16-year-old from Dallas who died on October 7, 2018, after being shot at a party at the Veridian Place Apartments in Far North Dallas. According to witnesses, a group of teenagers were handling a handgun they believed to be unloaded. Jakiyah reportedly joked with 19-year-old William Hester, telling him to shoot her in the leg; Hester instead pointed the loaded gun at her head and fired, killing her.

Police arrested Hester a few hours later in Mesquite and charged him with manslaughter. The arrest warrant affidavit says Hester admitted the handgun discharged while he was holding it; he was in the process of posting a $50,000 bond. The community responded with grief and calls for greater gun safety and education to prevent similar tragedies.

If anyone at the party or with information about what happened that night can help clarify the events, please share what is known.