Denishe-Ya King was 18 and a senior at King’s Fork High School when she was shot and killed in the early hours of a Saturday in November 2013. She had been attending a house party on St. James Avenue where a disagreement inside the party moved into the street, turned physical and then gunfire erupted. Emergency responders arrived at 2:27 a.m. after calls about a fight and shots fired and found Denishe-Ya with gunshot wounds; she was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:42 a.m.

The school community was deeply affected: crisis counselors were made available, students organized a vigil and sold ribbons to raise money for funeral expenses, and the principal sent a recorded message offering condolences and support. Suffolk Police detectives began interviewing potential witnesses as part of their investigation into what led to the fatal shooting.

If anyone was at the party or saw activity on St. James Avenue that night, can you share what you remember?