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Zalayia Jenkins was 9 years old when a stray bullet from a street shootout struck her inside her home near 15th and Meinecke in Milwaukee on the evening of May 5, 2016. More than 40 casings were recovered at the scene. She remained in critical condition for eleven days and was pronounced legally dead on May 16, 2016, one day shy of her tenth birthday.

Authorities say the exchange began after a confrontation tied to an apparent drug deal; a witness reportedly told men not to sell drugs in the area, an argument followed, and the men allegedly returned and fired numerous rounds at the house. Initially a person of interest was taken into custody and later released without charges; in August 2017 three men were charged in connection with the shooting: Tony Powell Jr., Otha Brown, and Damonta Jennings. Rewards totaling tens of thousands of dollars were offered for information that would lead to an arrest and conviction.

Who in the neighborhood might have seen the confrontation that preceded the shooting or has information about the vehicles or movements that night?