Sidea Lashae Griffin was 18 and a senior at Kempsville High School when she was shot and killed in Virginia Beach on the evening of January 14, 2017. She had planned to attend nursing school. That night she and her boyfriend, Freddy Pilataxi, were to see a movie; before heading to the theater Pilataxi arranged to sell marijuana to 17-year-old Ethan Torres via Instagram.

The meeting in the Green Run area turned fatal when Torres attempted to rob Pilataxi. As Pilataxi tried to drive away, Torres fired into the back of the vehicle; a single bullet struck Griffin in the back. Pilataxi rushed her to Sentara Princess Anne Hospital, where she died shortly after arrival around 9:45 p.m.

Police identified and arrested Ethan Torres; he was charged with second-degree murder, attempted robbery, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and was tried as an adult. Friends and family remembered Griffin at a candlelight vigil at her high school. Does anyone have memories of Sidea or information about that night that could add to the record?