The shooting death of Makayla Dyer of White Pine has captured the attention of a graffiti artist in Texas, according to CBS affiliate KHOU in Houston.

The controversial image that's turning heads in downtown Houston shows a little boy pointing a gun toward the head of a little girl who is turned away, playing with a puppy, the station reports.

KHOU was alerted of the image when a passerby called in to their station after seeing it on her way to work.

Next to the graffiti is a QR code, and when scanned, it links to a YouTube video that references the case of an 11-year-old boy who was found guilty of shooting and killing 8-year-old Makayla Dyer after an argument over a puppy in October 2015.

The controversy stirs conversation over whether or not the graffiti painted on a vacant building should be removed, according to the Houston affiliate.

"I wouldn't want my kid, my son seeing something like that and being like it's okay, just because it's something for social media or publicity," Tiffany Butler, a mother tells KHOU.

According to the Houston station, the responsibility to remove the image would fall on the owner, but because of the nature of the image, city officials tell KHOU they'll inspect further for possibilities to intervene.

Still, some residents tell KHOU the graffiti should stay.

"Hopefully, it leaves a message with parents to lock their guns up," Edward Cruthird tells KHOU.

A law named after Makayla that would have made it a crime for loaded firearms to be left near children failed in the Tennessee House Civil Justice committee in March.