DaNedra Sessoms was 17 and a junior at Valdosta High School when she was shot and killed in the early morning hours of November 20, 2021, on a street in Valdosta, Georgia. A member of Union Cathedral’s youth and young adult department, she was found in the road at the intersection of West Gordon Street and Lankford Drive after an approximately 5:10 a.m. 911 call reporting a shooting. Officers and citizens administered first aid, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigation at the scene quickly identified 17-year-old Kendrick Mitchell, known to Sessoms, as the person who had shot her. Police say Mitchell fled the scene in a vehicle, abandoned it, and left on foot; arrest warrants were obtained charging him with felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Law enforcement asked the public for help locating him and warned he should be considered armed and dangerous. Did anyone in Valdosta know DaNedra or have information about what happened that morning?