Cianna Lee was 15 when she was shot and killed in Jersey City after a family dinner on the night of Saturday, January 18, 2025. She and her 37-year-old stepmother were in a car near Martin Luther King Drive and Union Street when their vehicle was struck by gunfire. Police found both victims inside a car on Oak Street shortly after 11 p.m. and took them to Jersey City Medical Center.

The stepmother survived with non-fatal injuries; Cianna was pronounced dead shortly after 1:20 a.m. on January 19. The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office later ruled Cianna’s death a homicide from a gunshot wound. A 16-year-old male from Jersey City was arrested the following Thursday and charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, and weapons offenses.

Does anyone have information about Cianna, that night, or the area around Martin Luther King Drive and Union Street?