Ja’nova Parks, a 5-year-old girl, was shot inside a Florida City home on June 10, 2026, after a report of gunfire shortly before 2 a.m. Officers found Ja’nova with a gunshot wound to her torso; she and her mother were taken to Homestead Hospital and Ja’nova was later airlifted to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, where she died from her injuries. Five people were inside the residence at the time: Ja’nova, her 4-year-old brother, their mother, and two adult men. A firearm was recovered inside the home.

Investigators from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Homicide Bureau were processing the scene and interviewing everyone who had been present. Detectives said they had not yet determined whether Ja’nova somehow accessed the gun or whether someone else fired the shot, and they had not classified the shooting as accidental or intentional. No arrests related to the shooting had been announced; the child’s mother, Ashley Marie Hosendove, had been arrested on an unrelated disorderly conduct or breach of the peace matter tied to a separate March incident.

Ja’nova’s grandmother, Laticha Ellison, remembered her as smart, sassy, bubbly, and bright, and called the death a preventable act of carelessness. What did anyone in Florida City see or hear that night that could help investigators determine how the gun was fired?