A summer street party on Church Street in Quinton, Alabama, ended in tragedy when 19-year-old college sophomore Jalayah Hackman was struck by a stray bullet while trying to de-escalate a dispute between two men in the early hours of July 22, 2017. Emergency services arrived at about 12:22 a.m. and she was taken first to St. Vincent’s Hospital, then transferred to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, where she died from the gunshot wound.

The Walker County Sheriff’s Office arrested two men in connection with the shooting: Antonio Rossell Montgomery, 21, of Jasper, and Keiel Natwand James, 22, of Quinton. A third person who fired shots at the scene was described as a person of interest. Montgomery was charged with first-degree assault and James with attempted murder; officials said those charges could be upgraded after Hackman’s death. Family members remembered her as a peacemaker and set up a social media group in her memory using the nickname Lay Lay.

If anyone was at the Church Street gathering or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.