Cheyanne Schultz Cardinale was 19 and from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Born April 8, 2000, she was remembered by family and friends as bright, funny, and deeply involved in her church community at Bayou Talla Fellowship. Known as Chy Chy and Shae, she was raised by Melissa and Tony Cardinale.

On the night of January 8, 2020, Cheyanne was riding with three friends — Morgan Landry, Andrew Rodgers, and Sidney Foster — when a man later identified by police as 23-year-old Jason Michel emerged with a shotgun and opened fire as their car pulled into the Bay Park Apartments parking lot on Longfellow Road. Cheyanne died that night; Morgan died the next day. Andrew was critically wounded and Sidney seriously injured. Michel then stole the victims’ vehicle, carjacked another at a nearby gas station, and later returned home covered in blood, where his mother called police. He was arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, carjacking, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Investigators said there was no indication the victims knew Michel, and authorities described the attack as a senseless, apparently random ambush. If anyone knew Cheyanne or has information about that night, please come forward.