Jaelynn Williams, a 21-year-old Black woman from Gary, Indiana, was shot and killed on May 3, 2021, while seated in her parked black Chevrolet Impala outside a gas station on West 15th Avenue. Body and security footage show that the shooting followed a brief confrontation between Jaelynn’s boyfriend and the driver of a Chevrolet Malibu, later identified as 23-year-old James M. Guyton. Guyton fired multiple times from inside his vehicle; Jaelynn was struck twice in the head and later pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital around 1:30 p.m.

The coroner listed cause of death as massive brain injury from two gunshot wounds, and investigators recovered multiple 9 mm shell casings across the parking lot. Guyton initially told a witness someone else had fired, but later admitted he had fired the shots. He pleaded guilty to reckless homicide, a Level 5 felony, with sentencing scheduled for January 8.

If anyone saw the shooting or remembers the Chevy Malibu in that area that afternoon, please share what was seen.