On the afternoon of May 1, 2017, 14-year-old Jaquerria Timmons, a student at Bellingrath Middle School in Montgomery, Alabama, was fatally wounded in the yard of a church near her school. She was struck by a single gunshot to the chest and died after being taken to a local hospital.

Investigators reported that a group of students had come into possession of a firearm that had been provided by an individual who was not a student at the middle school. Authorities said there did not appear to have been a confrontation immediately before the shot, and the motive remained unclear as investigators worked to reconstruct events.

A juvenile was arrested and charged with murder; their name was not released because of their age. If anyone was in the area that afternoon or has information about who brought the gun to the students, please come forward.