From a Prince George's Police report: The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit arrested a 17-year-old male from Glenarden for the murder of a DuVal High School student in Lanham, Maryland. The suspect is charged as an adult for fatally shooting 16-year-old Jayda Medrano-Moore of Greenbelt, Maryland. On September 11, 2023, at approximately 3:45 pm, officers responded to calls for a shooting in the 9800 block of Palamar Drive. The victim was located outside suffering from a gunshot wound and was pronounced deceased a short time later at a hospital. Through various investigative techniques, as well as information provided anonymously to Prince George’s County Crime Solvers, Homicide Unit detectives identified and arrested the juvenile suspect. The preliminary investigation revealed the victim was walking on Palamar Drive after leaving school when a fight ensued between two groups who were involved in an on-going dispute. During the fight, the suspect produced a gun. Detectives believe the victim attempted to intervene when she was shot. The juvenile suspect is charged with first and second degree murder, first and second degree assault and a firearms charge. He is in the custody of the Department of Corrections on a no-bond status.
M. Medrano-Moore was a promising young athlete, whose life was cut short. She was honored and loved. Her school has put up hearts around its campus perimeter in her memory, in addition to this shrine created at the site of her passing.
May her memory be for a blessing, her family and community be spared further grief, and justice be served.
There is more on this situation at WUSA-9.
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