Seventeen-year-old Armoni Joseph Cantu of Erie, Pennsylvania, was fatally shot on December 17, 2024, near West 31st and Liberty Streets. The shooting happened about 4 p.m.; both he and another 17-year-old male were taken to Saint Vincent Hospital, where Cantu was pronounced dead at 4:47 p.m. The other victim suffered a gunshot wound to the face and was critically injured.

Investigators say the attack was a targeted drive-by tied to an ongoing feud between two groups of teenagers. Police report surveillance video and witness statements showing people in a vehicle firing handguns at a group on the sidewalk before fleeing. In the days after the shooting, three teenagers were arrested: 18-year-old Martavion Thompson and 17-year-olds Jahmeir Bibbs and Jamarion Boone, each charged with criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit murder, attempted homicide, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment; authorities are seeking to charge the minors as adults.

Armoni was remembered for music, rapping, playing Xbox with friends, watching sports and his sense of style. Funeral services were held December 22, 2024, at John R. Orlando Funeral Home with burial at Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery. Does anyone with information about the shooting or the feud between the groups in Erie have tips to share?