Karyah Duncan was 15 when she was shot on the afternoon of October 6, 2025, while sitting in a car with two teenage boys outside Anchor’s Seafood and Chicken on Clearlake Road in unincorporated Cocoa, Florida. Deputies said multiple assailants ambushed the group in what investigators described as a targeted attack near Cocoa High School. Karyah was rushed to a hospital and died of her injuries; the two boys were wounded and survived.

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office identified and arrested 20-year-old Jonterich Smith in connection with the ambush and charged him with first-degree premeditated murder and two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm; a judge ordered him held without bond. Detectives named a second suspect, 20-year-old Xazavier Butler, and issued an active warrant for his arrest on the same charges; investigators said Butler remained at large as of mid-October and asked the public for tips. Community tributes included candlelight vigils and online memorials remembering Karyah’s death at that location on that date.

If anyone has information about Karyah, the shooting, or the whereabouts of Xazavier Butler, please share what you know with investigators.