Ja’Len Woolford was 16 when he was fatally shot in Cambridge, Maryland, on the evening of November 18, 2021. A student at Cambridge-South Dorchester High School, Woolford was found in the 900 block of Camelia Street and pronounced dead at the scene. A 15-year-old male was also wounded and initially taken to a local hospital before being flown to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Maryland State Police Homicide Unit took over the investigation. Two 16-year-old suspects, Daeveon Lat’ee Johnson and Key’marion Da’Qion Ennals, were arrested and charged as adults with second-degree murder and related assault counts in connection with the double shooting. Johnson later entered a plea deal and his testimony was used in the case against Ennals. Ennals’ defense raised claims that the Dorchester County State’s Attorney’s Office withheld evidence; the prosecutor’s office was disqualified from the case and Ennals was released on his own recognizance after 631 days in custody. In a September 2024 trial a jury acquitted Ennals of all charges after 18 minutes of deliberation.

Does anyone have information about Ja’Len’s last known movements or who was with him on November 18, 2021?