Ajani Stinton-Downing, 22, was found with a gunshot wound inside a second-floor bedroom on the 2100 block of Bailey Terrace in South Philadelphia on May 22, 2025. Officers responding to a report of a person with a gun discovered her and medics pronounced her dead at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center at 5:55 p.m. The shooting occurred inside the residence near Point Breeze Avenue in the Grays Ferry area, not on the street.

Police detained a man at the scene identified as the victim’s boyfriend and said he claimed the shooting was accidental. As of first-day reports the man was in custody but no charges had been announced; detectives from the Homicide Unit were continuing to investigate. Neighborhood dispatch logs and crime trackers reflected a suspect was held after the incident, and regional remembrances later listed her name and the circumstances of her death.

Anyone who was in or near the 2100 block of Bailey Terrace around the time of the shooting or who has information about the incident is asked to contact investigators.