A seven-year-old Black girl named Ny'Eil Sophia Kelley Pires was shot in Providence, Rhode Island, on August 29, 2024, while seated in the backseat of her father’s car on Florence Street. The shooting followed an earlier dispute at a nearby 7-Eleven involving her father, Nelson Pires, and two men. After both vehicles left the store, Pires allegedly followed and bumped the other car; when the cars stopped on Florence Street, Ahmari Cabrera, 19, and Shaheem Nathaniel, 26, are accused of exiting their vehicle and opening fire. Ny’Eil was taken to Hasbro Children’s Hospital and died of her injuries on September 2, 2024.

Providence Police arrested Cabrera and Nathaniel on August 30 and initially charged them with felony assault and firearm offenses; those charges were upgraded to murder after Ny’Eil’s death and additional counts including first-degree murder were brought, with both pleading not guilty. Ny’Eil’s father, Nelson Pires, 27, was also arrested and charged with two felony counts of child endangerment and driving with a suspended license; authorities said his conduct before the shooting showed disregard for his children’s safety, and he has a lengthy criminal history that includes numerous domestic violence charges.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the confrontation at the 7-Eleven or the cars on Florence Street that night?