On the afternoon of April 3, 2022, 35-year-old Shardae T. Davenport was found inside a home in the 1200 block of Dillon Street in Saginaw, Michigan, suffering at least one fatal gunshot wound. Her death was the fourth homicide reported in the city that year.

Known as Shardy-Lo, Davenport was born October 15, 1986, and graduated from Carrollton High School in 2008. She worked as a caregiver at Bethesda Lutheran Homes & Services in Frankenmuth and was remembered by family and community members for her smile, gentle spirit and love for children.

Investigators from the Saginaw Police Department and Michigan State Police obtained a search warrant and, days after the shooting, arrested 15-year-old Lorenzo Jones Jr. The Saginaw County Prosecutor’s Office charged him as an adult with open murder and felony firearm; he was arraigned and held in the Saginaw County Juvenile Detention Center.

If anyone knew Shardae or has information about what happened on Dillon Street that afternoon, please come forward.