Arianna Smith was 12 when she was shot on February 12, 2021, on Elane Drive near Cane Run Road in Louisville, Kentucky. The shooting happened in the late afternoon at about 4:30 p.m., just days before her thirteenth birthday. Louisville Metro Police and then-Chief Erika Shields spoke at the scene, calling the death heartbreaking and noting the toll of gun violence on the city’s youth.

Preliminary information indicated the shooting was not random and that Arianna and the person responsible knew one another. Within days the investigation produced an arrest: a 15-year-old boy was taken into custody and charged with second-degree manslaughter. Further specifics about the suspect and the case’s progress have been limited.

Does anyone have information about Arianna, where she spent time, or about the events on Elane Drive that afternoon?