Kayla Rincon-Miller was a 15-year-old Black girl killed during an attempted robbery in Cape Coral, Florida, on the night of March 17, 2024. Kayla and two friends left the Coralwood 10 movie theater and were walking to a nearby McDonald’s shortly before 10 p.m. when a car pulled up behind them, blinding the girls with its headlights. Several people jumped out and tried to rob the group; during the confrontation one of the assailants fired, striking Kayla in the chest.

Officers arrived within minutes and found Kayla conscious; they applied life-saving measures, including a military-grade chest pack, and she was taken to a hospital but later died of her injuries. The Cape Coral Police Department treated the shooting as a homicide and made arrests. On March 20, 2024, police arrested 16-year-old Thomas Roy Stein; a second 16-year-old, Christopher Horne Jr., was arrested later. A grand jury indicted both teens on first-degree murder and three counts of attempted robbery with a firearm; the State Attorney’s Office said they would be tried as adults and were ineligible for the death penalty because of their ages.

Kayla’s family described themselves as devastated by her loss. Does anyone who was at Coralwood 10 or the nearby area that night have information that could shed more light on what happened?