Eleven-year-old TaNiyla Parker of Milwaukee was shot and killed on the evening of October 2, 2021, while riding in a car with family near North Sherman Boulevard and West Burleigh Street. Her five-year-old sister was also struck and wounded. The shooting followed a road rage incident in which another driver fired into the vehicle.

Authorities identified 24-year-old Antonius Trotter as the shooter; he was arrested about a month later and charged in connection with the attack. A jury later convicted Trotter of TaNiyla’s murder, the injury to her sister, and illegal possession of a firearm. At sentencing the court imposed a 60-year prison term. TaNiyla’s mother, Talea Hairston, spoke about the ongoing pain of the loss, and TaNiyla’s younger sister told the court how much she missed her sibling.

TaNiyla was described as a bright, creative child who wanted to be a lawyer or an architect and who once built an elaborate cardboard dollhouse for her little sister. Does anyone have information about TaNiyla or what happened that night?