On the evening of May 22, 2024, in Wichita, Kansas, 21-year-old Jadidah Ayanna Ponce was fatally shot. Emergency services were first alerted to shots fired near 29th and Broadway; later, at 9:24 p.m., police responded to Ascension Via Christi St. Francis hospital after Ponce was brought in as a walk-in shooting victim. She died at the hospital from her injuries.

Ponce was active in school and community life: she participated in Girl Scouts, Danza, AVID, and in high school was involved in cheerleading and drama, serving as drama club president. Her cheerleading earned her a scholarship to Coffeyville Community College. She had become a mother on November 8, 2023, to a son named Geronimo Paul.

Wichita police have described the incident as targeted violence between two particular groups rather than a random attack and have processed multiple crime scenes. Investigators say the probe has been hindered by a lack of cooperation from some potential witnesses; no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified. If anyone has information, can you share it with investigators or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers?