Taneria Teshay McClendon was 16 when she was shot and killed on July 18, 2020, at a Wawa convenience store on Jacksonville’s Westside. The confrontation began inside the store and moved into the parking lot while Taneria was with her mother and cousins. Family members say the argument started after a woman later identified as Shaetavia Shaquan Cooper nearly struck them with her car. Taneria was shot while trying to defend her pregnant mother.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office investigated the shooting. Cooper was arrested and charged with second-degree murder; her defense maintained she acted in self-defense. Surveillance footage and witness statements were reported to show Cooper retrieving a gun from her car and returning to confront Taneria and her family. Taneria’s family and community mourned her death and remembered her as a young girl with a bright future.

If anyone knew Taneria or witnessed the incident at the Wawa on July 18, 2020, please share what you know.