Key Takeaways
- Sibley was doing a friend’s hair when she was shot during a Kansas City sleepover.
- Police say the shooter, Bailey Lewis, was targeting someone else over a personal dispute.
- Lewis is charged with murder and remains in custody on a $400,000 bond.
Traelynn Sibley, a 16-year-old girl, was fatally shot during a Kansas City sleepover when a woman allegedly opened fire on a home, aiming at someone else.
According to court documents obtained by Law&Crime, Sibley was at a house on Norton Avenue on Saturday (Aug. 9) while doing a friend’s hair at a vanity when 21-year-old Bailey Lewis drove by and opened fire. The shots were reportedly aimed at Lewis’ former friend, but one bullet struck Sibley in the throat.
Just days away from starting her junior year of high school, she ran to the bathroom, collapsed, and was later pronounced dead at the hospital, police said…