Saginaw lost 22-year-old Jamel Jeffrey Lynn to gun violence on January 5, 2021. The death was recorded as the first homicide of the year in Saginaw County. Known to family and friends as Twin or Mel, Jamel was born in October 1998 to Keith J.

Lynn and Pamela R. Porter, grew up in Saginaw with a large extended family and a twin brother Jamal, and graduated from Arthur Hill High School in 2017. He was active in New Christ Community Church and remembered for his energetic, affectionate nature, love of music and dancing, and fondness for sweets.

If anyone knew Jamel or has information about what happened that night, please share what you can.