Take Back the Site Vigil held for victim of Erie's first homicide of 2025
The vigil, that was organized by the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, took place in the 900 block of West 19th Street.
Victim of Erie's first homicide of 2025 identified
It's the site where 20-year-old Jalea Turner was fatally shot while leaving a New Year's Eve party making her the city's first homicide of 2025.
Turner's family and friends braved the cold to pray for anyone harmed by violence.
Suspect arrested in connection to New Year's Day homicide
'I was just devastated. I couldn't believe it. I was hoping that it wasn't my sister. I was hoping that what they were saying wasn't true. I was hoping that it was a dream. We just literally all brought New Year's in with each other so it was like literally twenty minutes after that that we got the call saying that she was shot,' said Kreousha Thompson, sister of Jalea Turner.
After several weeks in hiding, 27-year-old Shakeyah Barnes was charged with criminal homicide in Turner's murder.
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