Police have arrested a 17-year-old they said was involved in the killing of a young woman found shot to death after the car she and a baby were riding in crashed into a Pompano Beach canal.
The teenager was arrested this weekend and faces multiple charges, including premeditated murder, committing a felony with a firearm and child neglect. He is being held at the Broward Juvenile Detention Center.
The 5-month-old survived the Wednesday morning incident but 22-year-old Jazzmine Brayboy was killed.
"She was like an angel, put a smile on everyone’s face,” her aunt said Thursday. "She was just loved. Everywhere she went she just set the tone, she didn’t meet anyone that didn’t love her vibe."
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The aunt, who didn't want her name used, spoke Thursday as family members visited the canal in the area of Northwest 8th Street and Northwest 10th Avenue where the incident happened.
Brayboy and her 5-month-old goddaughter were in a Chevrolet Camaro that crashed into the canal.
When Broward Sheriff's Office deputies arrived, they found the baby unharmed in a car seat. Brayboy had been shot and was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
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"Homicide detectives are trying to determine what led up to this crash, what led up to the shooting and also the circumstances surrounding this and the sequence of events," BSO spokesperson Veda Coleman-Wright said.
Brayboy's aunt said she was a maternal figure to all her younger cousins.
"She was a mom to all the little cousins, any time I called her about my child she came running," the aunt said. "So young, full of life, full of energy, very beautiful."
Editor's Note: This story was updated on March 3, 2022, to correct the child's age.
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