Man injured in N. Nashville shootout charged in 3-year-old s death
MNPD
and last updated 2021-04-15 18:37:24-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Metro Nashville Police detectives charged 23-year-old Thomas L. Winston Jr. (also known as Thomas L. Mitchell) with criminal homicide in the death of 3-year-old Jamayla Marlowe during a shootout at the Cumberland View public housing development.
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Jamayla Marlowe
Winston Jr. was injured in the shootout Monday night and was charged after being released from the hospital Thursday.
Police say Winston Jr. got to the public housing development Monday night as a large group of people was gathering in a parking lot. As he walked between two buildings, shots were fired from that direction across the parking lot, and at least three people returned fire, according to the MNPD preliminary report.
Little Jamayla Marlowe loved to dress up, often carrying a purse, wearing pink lip gloss and sporting colorful beads in her long, black hair.
She preferred juice with her favorite meal: her great granny s mac and cheese with a side of turnip greens.
She liked a bottle of milk at night before bed. Her mother said her daughter would tell her she didn t care how old she was. My babies were in the car putting their jackets on, grabbing their juice, the girl s 25-year-old mother, Anyetta Marlowe, said. We never got to get out the car. As we were parking, shots went off and my baby was killed in the backseat.
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.
Police identified the child killed as Jamayla Marlowe
The girl who survived was shot in the arm and is expected to recover, the Metro Nashville Police Department reported.
Also shot that night: Two men identified by police as Nashville residents Thomas L. Winston Jr., 23, and Deandre Dean, 26. Both men suffered non life-threatening injuries in the incident, police said.
As of late Tuesday afternoon, two people had been arrested in connection to the case, but none of their charges were related to firing any of the fatal shots Tuesday night, police said, noting that their investigation continues.
The sisters were in a car caught in crossfire about 6:40 p.m. at the public housing complex off 25th Avenue North and Dowlan Street. The driver of the car, police said, attempted to accelerate away as both children were struck by bullets.
and last updated 2021-04-14 23:35:16-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) â A family is in mourning after 3-year-old Jamayla Marlowe was shot and killed Monday night.
Little Jamayla and her 2-year-old half-sister were both caught in the crossfire when police say people started shooting. We wake up in the morning, Iâm ready to go to work she says, paw paw, give me a hug, give me kiss, give me blow, give me fist bump , said Earl Jones.
Jones says this is how his great-granddaughter Jamayla would greet him every morning.
âBinkâ as the family called her, was a happy child with a love for lipgloss and a mouth full of compliments.