On September 2, 2023, 18-year-old Jaelynn Marie Poturalski was fatally shot in the chest during a neighborhood dispute in the 200 block of Langdon Street in South Toledo, Ohio. Emergency responders took her to Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 11:26 a.m.

A 16-year-old male was arrested at the scene and later identified as Nathan Mays. He was initially charged with murder in juvenile court and was subsequently indicted as an adult on counts that included murder, felonious assault, and discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises. In August 2024 Mays entered an Alford plea to involuntary manslaughter and discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises; sentencing is scheduled for September 2024.

Jaelynn was born June 25, 2005, in Toledo and graduated from Bowsher High School in 2023. She hoped to work with troubled youths and was remembered as fun-loving and outgoing, close to her family. She is survived by her father Matthew Poturalski; brother Kingston Poturalski; and grandparents Lori and Butch Poturalski, and Delores and Tim McHugh.

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