Seven-year-old Ariah Jackson, a Black child, was shot and killed on the afternoon of Friday, March 18, 2022, in the driveway of her family’s home on Paddock Street in Pontiac, Michigan. She had just arrived home from school with her mother, two daughters and two nieces after being picked up at the bus stop. An orange Chevrolet Blazer with two men inside drove past while the family waited, and returned as they pulled into the driveway. A passenger leaned out and fired at least six shots into the family’s vehicle.

A bullet struck Ariah in the back of the head while she sat in the back seat. Her mother suffered a graze wound to the head; the other three young girls in the car were physically unharmed.

Investigators determined the shooting was gang-related and that Ariah and her family were innocent victims with no connection to the perpetrators. Police named members of a street gang called 4-Block and arrested several people in the inquiry, including a 19-year-old identified as the shooter and a 17-year-old identified as the alleged getaway driver; a 21-year-old was arrested for allegedly lying to police. Does anyone who lived in Pontiac at the time remember seeing an orange Chevrolet Blazer in the neighborhood that afternoon or have other information about the vehicle or the occupants?