Jaylen Henderson, an 18-year-old Black male from Montgomery, was killed in a morning shooting on January 30, 2017, on the 1800 block of Cairnbrook Drive. Officers and fire medics responding to a report of a person shot arrived about 8:20 a.m. and found Henderson with a fatal gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene and a homicide investigation was opened.

His full name, Jaylen Earl DeVondree Henderson, appeared in obituary and memorial notices that placed him in the local community. Within days Montgomery police announced that 17-year-old Markeefé Hill, also of Montgomery and described as a friend of Henderson’s, turned himself in and was charged with murder; Hill was held under a $150,000 bond.

If anyone knew Jaylen or has information about the shooting on Cairnbrook Drive that morning, please share what is known.