In the early morning of February 26, 2007, two gunshots were fired into a home on the 4200 block of NE 16th in Oklahoma City while the family slept. Eight-month-old Isjanna McKay James was struck in the head; the bullet entered the top of her head and exited through her cheek and jaw. Her mother was in the house at the time. Isjanna survived the initial attack but suffered catastrophic injuries that left her using a wheelchair and requiring care in a children’s assisted living center for several years before returning to live with her grandmother.

Isjanna, described by family as a bubbly child who loved music, including classical, died on April 29, 2017, at age 10 as a result of the injuries she sustained as an infant. The neighborhood was known for drug activity but not for violent crime. No arrests or known suspects have been identified and the case remains unsolved. If anyone has information about the drive-by shooting that wounded Isjanna, please come forward.