On September 28, 2018, 13-year-old Brittany Malone of Compton, California, was shot and killed inside her family home on West Palmer Street. Her stepfather, Eddie Charles Talley Jr., 65, was also killed and Brittany’s mother, Katherine Evans, was seriously injured. The suspect was identified as Jamie Jajuan Williams, a 43-year-old stepbrother who lived in the same household.

Brittany’s older brother, at work that day, took a call from Eddie Talley reporting an argument over use of a car and that Williams was acting erratically; the call cut off amid shouting, glass breaking, and screams. Responding officers found Williams standing naked outside the house with some blood on him; a handgun believed to be the murder weapon was recovered. He was charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, later pleaded no contest, and on January 27, 2020, was sentenced to life without parole. Reports said the motive remained unclear.

Brittany was a freshman at Compton High School’s Freshman Academy, had been accepted into the Upward Bound program, and hoped to become a firefighter. If anyone knew Brittany or has information about that night, please share what is known.