On the afternoon of April 15, 2020, 17-year-old Alissa King was found in Dorchester, Boston, just after 3:30 p.m. in the area of Topliff and Speedwell streets suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency medical technicians pronounced her dead at the scene. Authorities recovered a firearm at the scene.

Alissa was a student-athlete who played basketball and belonged to the Boston Showstoppers, an academic and athletic enrichment program for elite female student-athletes. She planned to graduate high school in 2022 and hoped to play in college. Family and friends remembered her as outgoing, with a quick sense of humor and an infectious laugh; her mother, Alana Farrell, called her her little angel.

Eighteen-year-old Anthony Kelley, also of Dorchester, was arrested and charged with murder, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, unlawful possession of a firearm, and unlawful possession of ammunition. A not guilty plea was entered on his behalf and he was held without bail. Friends and family held a vigil and a GoFundMe was set up to assist with funeral expenses.

If anyone knew Alissa, her routines, or has information about what led to this shooting, please share what is known.