Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley-Jones (7)
July 20, 2002 – May 16, 2010
Aiyana Jones was born on July 20, 2002 in Detroit, Michigan to Charles Jones and Dominika Stanley. She was one of three children of the couple and had four step siblings. Seven-year-old Aiyana was sleeping on the couch next to her grandmother in their home when a SWAT team threw a flash grenade through the window, which landed on her blanket. Seconds after Aiyana's blanket caught fire, the SWAT team stormed through the door, and mistakenly shot Aiyana through the neck, killing her. The grandmother said she reached for her granddaughter when the grenade came through the window because the flash grenade had set the child on fire. The funeral was held in the Second Ebenezer Church on May 22, 2010. Aiyana's father wore a black suit, pink tie, and pink handkerchief in remembrance of his daughter as pink was her favorite color. The casket was white and was afterwards driven to the grave by horse-drawn carriage. She would’ve been 19 years old this year 2021.