Thomas L. Winston Jr. (also known as Thomas L. Mitchell) was arrested Thursday in connection to Monday's slaying of 3-year-old Jamayla Marlowe in the Cumberland View public housing development. Jamayla’s 2-year-old half-sister was also wounded in the shootout.
According to an investigation led by Homicide Unit Detective Madison Meiss, Winston, arrived in the public housing development off 25th Avenue North in a blue Hyundai Elantra as a large group of people had gathered in a parking lot.
Winston walked in between two buildings, police said, and shots were then fired from that direction across the parking lot.
At least three other people shot back and Winston retreated to the Hyundai, dropped a bloody pistol on the pavement, and fled the area, police said.