On the evening of November 17, 2020, 24-year-old Jaykela J. Buchanan, a Black/African American woman and mother, was shot and killed on St. Louis Avenue in Buffalo, New York. Her death devastated family and friends who remember her as a loving mother, daughter and sister.

Buffalo Police identified a suspect and made an arrest in connection with Buchanan’s homicide. The person taken into custody was charged, and the case proceeded to trial where evidence and testimony were presented before a verdict was reached.