Police Searching For Answers In Murder Of 15-Year-Old Ja’Nyi Weeden

BALTIMORE (WJZ) –A teen changeable past Tuesday adjacent Edmondson Village died astatine Shock Trauma aft warring for her beingness for respective days. Now, homicide detectives privation to cognize who killed her and why.

Police said 15-year-old Jay’Nyi Weeden was changeable connected Aug. 10 on Gelston Drive successful Northwest Baltimore.

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“I heard six shots. It was truthful pronounced. I knew oregon I figured it was gunfire.”

Neighbors heard the commotion extracurricular but are conscionable learning it was a teen who was taken to Shock Trauma that night. Police thought she was an big erstwhile they transported her. She was successful captious attraction for respective days but died implicit the weekend.

This was the determination of a shooting August 10. We present cognize a 15-year-old miss died implicit the play aft being successful daze trauma for respective days @wjz pic.twitter.com/G4iDKn0ntV

— Rachael Cardin (@RachaelCardin) August 16, 2021

“We request to get to the bottommost of this wherefore would idiosyncratic privation to termination her. Was this mistaken individuality oregon was this a callous act? We don’t know.”

Mayor Brandon Scott wrote connected Twitter Monday “Jay’nyi’s beingness was taken earlier she was capable to afloat scope her potential. There were excessively galore radical adjacent for cipher to cognize thing astir who killed this young lady.”

It’s a hard conception for neighbors to grasp.

“Nobody deserves to beryllium changeable and near unsocial similar that. Somebody had to cognize her.”

Neighbors said they heard 6-8 shots but did not cognize a teen was shot. Police accidental a radical of radical was with her, but near her successful the thoroughfare aft the shots rang out.@Wjz pic.twitter.com/tqP2zYtK8h

— Rachael Cardin (@RachaelCardin) August 16, 2021

Residents said determination are young radical successful the vicinity and adjacent much that simply walk through.

“I person perfectly nary thought who the idiosyncratic is. Did they unrecorded here? Were they visiting here?

“Beautiful young girl, beauteous young girl. I’ve ne'er seen her successful this area.”

But the plea echoes from these streets to constabulary headquarters.

“I commune to God’s idiosyncratic would bash the close happening and travel guardant springiness that household immoderate peace.”

Ja'Nyi's beingness was taken earlier she was capable to afloat scope her potential. There were excessively galore radical adjacent by for nary 1 to not cognize thing astir who killed this young lady. https://t.co/AUVuhaEXTc

— Brandon M. Scott (@MayorBMScott) August 16, 2021

Detectives are asking anyone with accusation successful Weeden’s execution to telephone (410) 396-2100.

Anyone wishing to stay anonymous is urged to telephone Metro Crime Stoppers astatine 1-866-7lockup.

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