On the early morning of Saturday, July 5, 2025, at about 1:45 a.m., police responded to the 1800 block of Northeast 7th Street in Oklahoma City for a reported shooting. Officers found 18-year-old Laililiana Willis, a Black female, lying in a driveway with a gunshot wound. She was taken to OU Medical Center and later pronounced dead.

Willis’s death was recorded as Oklahoma City’s 38th homicide of the year. Initial investigation produced limited leads; authorities said there were no arrests and the circumstances leading to the shooting were unclear. Investigators later announced an arrest of a 16-year-old in connection with the killing; the juvenile’s name was not released.

What can anyone who was in that neighborhood that night or who knew Laililiana share that might help piece together what happened?