Dejahnique Jackson, 24, was shot at an apartment near West Peoria and West Desert Cave avenues in Phoenix on April 21, 2021. Officers responded about 1:25 p.m. to an apartment near 1500 West Mercer Lane. Phoenix Fire Department personnel provided medical aid and transported Jackson to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound to the chest.

Police say Jackson was in the apartment with two men and 21-year-old Amelleonna Russell. Investigators reported a firearm fell from someone’s pocket; when Russell picked it up the gun discharged. The bullet struck one of the men in the hand before fatally striking Jackson in the chest. Russell was taken into custody and charged in connection with the shooting. The investigation remained ongoing.

Does anyone have information about who was in that apartment or what led to the gun being handled that afternoon?