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A high school cheerleader was fatally shot at a prom after-party in Georgia.
On Sunday (April 280, Chyell Paulk, 15, was killed hours after prom in a shooting that left three other young people injured, PEOPLE reports.
“I’m just numb,” Paulk's mother, Chelsie King, said. “She was 15 with a full life ahead of her.”
Police responded to the shooting in Fitzgerald, Georgia at around 1:10 am. Four people, including Paulk, a 19-year-old student, and two other minors, were taken to the hospital.
Paulk was pronounced dead at the hospital. The 19-year-old and one of the minors have been released from the hospital. The fourth victim, a 14-year-old boy, is undergoing surgery on his arm.
A 17-year-old is facing charges of felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
In the wake of the shooting, the city of Fitzgerald issued a midnight curfew on Monday (April 29), saying that it is now “unlawful for any minor under seventeen (17) years of age to loiter, wander, stroll or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds or other public grounds, public places, public buildings, places of amusement, eating places, vacant lots or any place unsupervised by an adult having the lawful authority to be at such places.”
The new curfew lifts at 6 a.m. Minors “returning directly home from a school activity, entertainment, recreational activity or dance” are exempt.
In a statement, Irwin County High School Principal Jared Luke said Paulk's death was “extremely saddening and tragic.”
"She had a loving spirit and always had a smile on her face," Luke said.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said a probe into the shooting remains "active and ongoing."
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