A’moni Young, a 13-year-old Black female, was fatally shot in Oklahoma City in the early hours of July 15, 2024. Police responded about 1:41 AM to a residence in the 700 block of NW 118th Street and found her with a gunshot wound; she was taken to OU Medical Center and pronounced dead. The incident was listed as the city’s 46th homicide of 2024.

Investigators say A’moni did not live at the house where the shooting occurred. She had been at what began as a sleepover with a friend but ended up at a different home where adults were present. Several people fled after the gunshot, and officers used K-9 units and air support in the immediate search. Early inquiry indicated the shooting involved the mishandling of a loaded firearm.

A 15-year-old male, Albert Carbajal, who was reportedly with A’moni at the time, was identified as the suspect and was arrested and booked into the Juvenile Detention Center on a complaint of Murder in the Second Degree; because of his age, further details and court documents have been sealed. Family remember A’moni as goofy and bright, who loved to draw and take pictures and hoped to study photography in college.

Did anyone attend or know about the gatherings at those addresses that night and have information to share?