On the night of January 16, 2017, a targeted shooting inside a Jersey City apartment left three people dead. Victims were 26-year-old Ishear Bailey, his 25-year-old girlfriend Janaya Lee, who was four months pregnant, and 31-year-old Quadel Chisolm. All three died of multiple gunshot wounds.
Investigators characterized the attack as a gang-related execution aimed at Bailey. Authorities say two rival gang members, Markell Sayboy Brown and Terence Sweet Meat Shaw, used Chisolm to get into Bailey’s apartment; once inside, the gunmen shot Bailey in the head, shoulder, and arm, fatally shot Lee in the head and chest, then killed Chisolm before fleeing.
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, Jersey City Police Department, and the FBI worked under the Jersey City Violent Crime Initiative on the investigation. Brown and Shaw were later charged with conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, murder in aid of racketeering, and causing death through the use of a firearm.
Does anyone have information about Ishear Bailey, Janaya Lee, or Quadel Chisolm that could help clarify events that night?