Talaya Campbell was 18 when she was shot and killed inside a residence on the 500 block of Irving Street NW in Washington, D.C., on the afternoon of Friday, August 13, 2021. Emergency medical personnel pronounced her dead at the scene after police responded to a reported shooting.

Detectives treating the case as a domestic dispute identified 21-year-old Jereal Booker of Northwest D.C. as the suspect. A warrant charging him with second-degree murder while armed was issued, and Booker was located and taken into custody by the Metropolitan Police Department on Sunday, August 15, 2021, and formally charged in connection with Campbell’s death.

Anyone who knew Talaya, her relationship with Booker, or who has information about events at the Irving Street residence on or before August 13, 2021, is asked to come forward.