On October 9, 2016, seven-month-old Jayden Eric Redden (also reported as Jayden Baby Jay Redden) was shot and killed in Minneapolis when a gunman fired into a vehicle parked near 26th Street East and 11th Avenue South. Twenty-year-old Gustav Duane Christianson II was also fatally shot; Christianson died instantly after multiple rounds were fired into the car. The shooter, identified as 17-year-old Jquan McInnis at the time, fired six shots into the vehicle and then a final shot through the rear window as he walked away, which struck the infant in a car seat.

McInnis was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Trial testimony described McInnis’s difficult upbringing, including prenatal exposure to drugs and alcohol and chronic maltreatment while living with his grandmother. The judge called the attack brazen and heartless and sentenced McInnis to 60 years in prison with parole possible after 30 years. A second arrest was later made in connection with the killings; limited details about that suspect were reported.

If anyone knew Jayden or Gustav, or has information about the events near 26th Street East and 11th Avenue South on October 9, 2016, please come forward.