On September 22, 2023, a large fight in the courtyard of Jernigan Gardens Apartments on Mercy Drive in Orlando escalated into gunfire. Macayla Queen Patterson, 22, was among those shot and was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Three other people suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds and a fourth wounded person was dropped off at a hospital and later hospitalized.

Orlando Police pursued a vehicle that left the scene; the pursuit ended at Old Winter Garden Road and Duncan Place, where three people inside the vehicle were detained. One of those detained had a gunshot wound and was hospitalized in critical condition. Several arrests were announced in connection with the shooting: 23-year-old Delray Shundale Duncan Jr. was arrested the same day and faces charges including first-degree murder with a firearm, attempted first-degree murder with a firearm, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and improper exhibition of a weapon. Eighteen-year-olds Christian Amari Childs and Gary Lee Williams III were later apprehended; Childs faces multiple counts including three counts of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm and charges for discharging a firearm on residential property, while Williams is charged with first-degree murder with a firearm.

If anyone has information about the shooting at Jernigan Gardens Apartments or knew Macayla Patterson, please share tips with Orlando Police.