On the evening of August 3, 2017, 14-year-old Jamesha McWilliams was struck in the chest by gunfire while inside her home on Waltham Street on Detroit’s east side. Multiple shots were fired from a passing vehicle; family members rushed her to a hospital, where she died. Her 17-year-old brother, Jeffrey McWilliams, was critically wounded in the same drive-by shooting and survived.

Authorities arrested three Detroit men in connection with the attack: 19-year-old Robert Moore, 24-year-old Dwayne Sharpe, and 19-year-old Anthony Rodgers. All three were charged with first-degree premeditated murder, assault with intent to murder, and counts alleging discharging a firearm from a vehicle and at a building causing death and serious injury. Investigators alleged Moore was the driver and shooter and that Sharpe and Rodgers aided and abetted; Moore also faced felony firearm counts. Sharpe later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received a 22 to 60 year sentence; charges against Rodgers were dismissed for insufficient evidence. The motive was not disclosed. Jamesha was remembered as a bright, enthusiastic girl who had just made her high school cheerleading squad and was looking forward to the coming school year.

If anyone knew Jamesha, her family, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.