Janaysia Lewis, 22, was shot and killed the morning of September 18, 2025, at the Sterling Court Apartments on Columbus’s east side near Krumm Park. Officers were dispatched about 9:24 a.m. to the 3200 block of Sterling Lane; Lewis was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center and pronounced dead at 10:05 a.m. Two other people were wounded and taken to separate hospitals with non–life-threatening injuries.

Reports say shots were fired from both inside and outside an apartment building. Investigators quickly identified a suspect and announced the arrest of 32-year-old Zandra Wignal, who was charged with murder in Lewis’s death. The neighborhood was shaken by daylight gunfire just blocks from an elementary school; family members have shared remembrances and funeral arrangements.

Anyone who knew Janaysia or who has information about the shooting is asked to contact detectives handling the case.