Jayden Dandridge

Jayden Dandridge, a 21-year-old Black male, was found dead in Houston, Texas, on the morning of March 27, 2025. His body was discovered on a loading dock at the abandoned Greenspoint Mall, behind a former Macy’s store. An examination by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences determined he had died from multiple gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide. Investigators at the scene recovered two 9mm shell casings near his body.

Dandridge’s death occurred just five days after a shooting in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, for which he had been named a suspect. On the afternoon of March 22, 2025, two men were shot outside the Westin Hotel. Letorian Hunt, a 27-year-old rapper known as Sayso P, was killed in the attack. The other victim, Houston-based rapper Albert Walker Mondane, known professionally as Sauce Walka, was shot in the thigh but survived. Memphis police stated their belief that the shooting was a targeted act of violence.

Surveillance footage showed the assailants getting out of a stolen 2021 Dodge Charger before opening fire. On March 26, the Memphis Police Department issued an arrest warrant for Dandridge, charging him with first-degree murder, attempted murder, auto theft, and weapons offenses. A $6,000 reward was offered for information leading to his capture. The next day, however, Dandridge was found dead in Houston. Phone records later indicated he had been in the Houston area between March 22 and March 28.

Memphis police also identified a second suspect in the shooting of Hunt and Mondane: 22-year-old Kevin Brown. A warrant was issued for his arrest on charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, employment of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, and theft of property. After being a fugitive for several months, Brown was captured by the U.S. Marshals Service at a motel in Clarksville, Tennessee, in October 2025.

While an arrest was made in the Memphis case, no suspects have been publicly identified in the homicide of Jayden Dandridge in Houston. As of December 2025, the case against Kevin Brown was proceeding through the justice system. Following a court hearing that included testimony from ten witnesses, a judge ruled that his case would be sent to a grand jury for indictment. Brown remained in jail on a $2 million bond.