Jumil Celladiya, 22, was shot and killed in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on December 31, 2021. Police were dispatched around 5:10 p.m. to reports of shots fired in the Pearl Street/Pearl Avenue area; officers found Celladiya with a gunshot wound in a parking lot. Paramedics treated her at the scene and she was taken to Lawrence General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Investigators from the Essex County District Attorney’s Office, the Lawrence Police Department and state police have characterized the shooting as not a random act of violence, but no arrests or suspect identities have been released. Surveillance video shown by NBC10 Boston captures a chaotic scene in the parking lot: multiple shots, a car speeding into the lot, a man falling and then rushing to the passenger side to tend to Celladiya, and neighbors coming out to witness the aftermath.

Friends and family described Celladiya as a devoted mother of a newborn and an infant and said she had recently started beauty school. A memorial has grown in the community and people have pledged support for her children. If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.