On the evening of July 16, 2015, 23-month-old Aryah Leigh Lipford was fatally shot outside a residence on Oakland Boulevard NW in Roanoke, Virginia. Aryah and her mother, Racheal Quesenberry, were found with gunshot wounds shortly before 9:30 p.m. Both were taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, where Aryah was pronounced dead.

Authorities identified 26-year-old Warner Lovings Hunter III as the suspect. Hunter had a prior relationship with Quesenberry; police said an argument over a car she had borrowed from him escalated when she returned the vehicle, and Hunter opened fire, striking both Aryah and her mother. Hunter fled but was captured several hours later by Virginia State Police and Covington Police and charged with non-capital second-degree murder and malicious wounding. Prosecutors said he later pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in Aryah’s death and received a life sentence, plus an additional 38 years for Quesenberry’s wounding.

Aryah’s family remembered her as a loving, joyful child. If anyone knew Aryah or has information about the events that night, please share what you know.