On the evening of February 16, 2022, 17-year-old Allayah Marie Walker-Travis, a Black resident of Lansing, Michigan, was found with a gunshot wound near the 3500 block of Wainwright Avenue on the city’s southwest side. Lansing Police officers discovered her after reports of a shooting; she died of her injuries despite emergency care.

Initial law enforcement reports named a 20-year-old man as a potential suspect, but investigators later arrested the victim’s 16-year-old boyfriend. Witnesses told police the shooting began after an argument that escalated into lethal violence. The Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office charged the 16-year-old with murder in juvenile court rather than pursuing adult charges, a decision that prompted public discussion about charging minors as adults.

In June 2023 Allayah’s family accepted a posthumous high school diploma on her behalf. If anyone knew Allayah or has information about the shooting, please come forward.