In the early morning hours of December 9, 2012, 18-year-old TreVeona Smith was asleep at her grandmother’s house near 42nd and Brown streets in Omaha when gunfire from outside struck through a window and fatally wounded her. She was taken to a nearby hospital and later died. TreVeona was a senior at Northwest High School who had hoped to become a lawyer; family, friends, and classmates held vigils and remembered her as a focused and promising student.

The Omaha Police Department opened a homicide investigation but initially released no description of any suspect. No arrests have been announced in connection with the shooting, and the identity of the person or persons responsible remains unknown. If anyone knew TreVeona, saw activity near 42nd and Brown streets that night, or has information that could help, please come forward.