Yesenia Katelyn-Leigh Ruiz was 19 when she was fatally shot at her family home on Ridgewood Road in Waynesboro, Virginia, on the morning of November 23, 2019. Known as China, she had been active in cheerleading, softball and volleyball at Waynesboro High School and was working as a personal care assistant at the time of her death.

Yesenia was struck and killed. Cesar Ruiz was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, unlawfully discharging a firearm within an occupied building, and reckless handling of a firearm; he later appeared in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court and was released on a $5,000 bond.

The family received community support and fundraising for funeral expenses. Does anyone have information about the morning of November 23, 2019, or knew Yesenia and can share what she meant to the community?