On September 25, 2023, eight-year-old Nayeli Anaith Carranza Aguilar was fatally shot by another juvenile inside a home on the 2900 block of Inwood Trail in Granbury, Texas. The Hood County Sheriff’s Office responded around 4:53 p.m.; Nayeli was airlifted to Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth and pronounced dead at 6:31 p.m. the following day. A firearm was recovered at the scene and the family has been cooperating with investigators.

Authorities say the circumstances of how the children accessed the firearm are under investigation. Nayeli is remembered by her family and community as an amazing little girl who loved learning, kept high grades and perfect attendance, and wanted to be a firefighter.

If anyone has information about what happened at the Inwood Trail residence or how the firearm came to be accessible to the children, please share it with the Hood County Sheriff’s Office.