On Sunday afternoon, July 27, 2025, 18-year-old Mia Sims was fatally shot in the neck while sitting in her car on the 1500 block of Carl Breeding Way in Jackson, Michigan. The shooting occurred at about 12:45 p.m., shortly after she had been inside the United People’s Community Church where she was an active youth leader. First responders took her to Henry Ford Jackson Hospital, but her injuries were fatal.

Mia had just turned 18 a week earlier and was a recent Jackson High School graduate. She was a certified esthetician and planned to attend Jackson College on a full scholarship to study Children’s Psychology with a minor in Family Counseling, with hopes of later transferring to Clark Atlanta University. She volunteered with the Salvation Army summer youth program and worked at an assisted living center; her family says she was devoted to her community.

Authorities announced a suspect, 19-year-old Antonio Treyvonne Green, wanted in connection with the shooting and charged him with second-degree murder, discharging a firearm in or at a building causing death, and felony firearm. Mia’s uncle, who is the mayor of Jackson, and other family members suggested she may not have been the intended target. Did anyone in the Jackson area see or hear anything that afternoon that could help fill in what happened?