A Rifle, a TikTok Video and 'Culpable Negligence': How a Beloved 'Social Butterfly' Senselessly Lost Her Life

Mar. 15, 2025

Aniyah Womack.Photo:GoFundMe

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A senseless tragedy during the filming of a TikTok video caused one young Florida woman to lose her life — and another to go to prison on a manslaughter conviction.

An investigation began that day when officers responded to Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., on a report of a shooting victim who had been driven to the hospital, according to the report.

Mariah Clayton.Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office

It wasn’t until five months later, in October 2023, that Clayton would be arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with Womack’s death.

Aniyah Womack.GoFundMe

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Clayton expressed regret in a letter shared in court the day she pleaded guilty, calling the shooting “truly an accident,“First Coast Newsreported.

“I wake up every morning wishing I did everything different,” she wrote.

source: people.com