Janiya Monae Henry was 17 when she and her boyfriend, Christian Coffield, were killed inside a Wilmington, Delaware, home during the early morning of March 11, 2019. Masked gunmen forced their way into the West 26th Street residence around 4:30 a.m.; neighbors reported a prolonged burst of gunfire, with some recalling roughly a dozen shots. Police found both teens fatally wounded on the second floor and pronounced them dead at the scene.

Witnesses described an organized entry in which two or three masked men detained members of Christian’s family downstairs at gunpoint while other intruders went upstairs. Those detained were left physically unharmed, and the attackers fled after shooting Janiya and Christian. The couple had an infant son born about three months earlier; he was staying elsewhere that night and was not exposed to the gunfire. Family members remembered Janiya as a devoted young mother who had attended Brandywine High School.

Few details about physical evidence recovered at the scene were released, and the motive remains publicly unresolved. If anyone knew Janiya, Christian, or observed activity near West 26th Street on March 11, 2019, please share information with investigators.