Elisa Shyann McLemore was 16 when she was fatally shot in Laurel, Mississippi, on August 14, 2023. Pregnant at the time, she was taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson and died of her injuries on August 15, 2023. Born May 22, 2007, in Jones County, Mississippi, Elisa was a mother to a daughter and was expecting her second child.

Law enforcement identified Tavaris Atwood as a person of interest and arrested him on a charge of second-degree murder; a judge set bond at one million dollars. Family and friends remembered Elisa as loving, kind, and creative, and the community mourned both her loss and the child she was carrying.

Does anyone who knew Elisa or was in Laurel that August have information that could help explain what happened?