Jaheim Oneal Pugh was 19 when he was shot and killed during a Christmas party in Prichard, Alabama, on December 13, 2020. Known also as Bella and using both he/him and she/her pronouns, Pugh attended the gathering in a rainbow jumpsuit; family members say his appearance and identity made him a target. A shooting at the party struck three people; Pugh was the only fatality. A live video circulated showing him bleeding on the floor while others at the party did not render aid, a detail his family found devastating.

Mobile County investigators named James Lee James, Jr. as a person of interest and arrested him on December 16, charging him with one count of murder and two counts of aggravated assault; he was already out on bond for an unrelated assault at that time and was denied bond after this arrest. The family has urged authorities to treat the killing as a hate crime, but officials said there was no evidence to support that classification and Alabama law then did not cover gender identity or sexual orientation. If anyone at the party or who knew Jaheim has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.