Hope Janicenassia Hensley was a 20-year-old woman from Dallas who was found shot in her apartment on June 21, 2021. Officers responded around 9:12 a.m. to a shooting call in the 4700 block of Meadow Street; Hensley was discovered with a gunshot wound, taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. Investigators determined the projectile entered through the apartment window and struck her in the neck.

Curtis Everett Jeter, 24, was identified as the suspect in Hensley’s murder and was also linked to an Amber Alert for two Dallas boys. On the night of June 21, 2021, Jeter surrendered to homicide detectives at Dallas Police Headquarters and was charged with murder. Hensley’s family says she had called child protective services three weeks earlier out of concern for her baby niece’s health, and that her actions were motivated by protecting that child.

The investigation remains ongoing, and questions have been raised about the apartment complex’s security and whether better protection might have prevented the shooting. If anyone knew Hope or has information about security at the Meadow Street complex, please share what is known.