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| Brothers were in church hours before they were shot, family says | Brothers were in church hours before they were shot, family says |
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| The Virginia brothers had spent a quiet Sunday in late December attending church and hanging out with family members, but by the early hours of that Monday, Jayden Quick, 20, was dead and Kamren Quick, 18, was seriously injured in a double shooting. | The Virginia brothers had spent a quiet Sunday in late December attending church and hanging out with family members, but by the early hours of that Monday, Jayden Quick, 20, was dead and Kamren Quick, 18, was seriously injured in a double shooting. |
| Their family is left grappling with a question: Why? | Their family is left grappling with a question: Why? |
| Jayden, who had started drumming in his church band at age 6, was looking into attending programs to be a mechanical engineer, his uncle said. Kamren was attending high school. They came from a line of pastors. | |
| “It was one of those situations where you’ve done everything to keep your child in church and keep them in the right programs,” said Juan Quick, the brothers’ uncle. “And you still end up in these kinds of situations. It’s been very devastating for the family.” | “It was one of those situations where you’ve done everything to keep your child in church and keep them in the right programs,” said Juan Quick, the brothers’ uncle. “And you still end up in these kinds of situations. It’s been very devastating for the family.” |
| Fairfax County police have not released a motive in the shooting that occurred Dec. 30 at the Sequoyah condominiums in Mount Vernon but said it was not random. Search warrants filed in Fairfax County Circuit Court this week offered fresh details. | |
| Police have charged 20-year-old Jeremiah Mouzon of Centreville with second-degree murder, malicious shooting and the use of a firearm in commission of a felony. He was arrested in Prince George’s County on Jan. 1 and extradited to Fairfax County this week to face trial. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for February. No attorney was listed for Mouzon in court records. | |
| Man charged in Mount Vernon double shooting | Man charged in Mount Vernon double shooting |
| A detective wrote in one search warrant that Mouzon was one of five people a witness identified as being at the scene of the shooting in the 7900 block of Sausalito Place. An Instagram video tagged “Big guns ina trap” showed the same group posing with guns at what appeared to be the condominium where the shooting occurred, according to a search warrant. It’s unclear whether the video was recorded on the same day as the double shooting. | A detective wrote in one search warrant that Mouzon was one of five people a witness identified as being at the scene of the shooting in the 7900 block of Sausalito Place. An Instagram video tagged “Big guns ina trap” showed the same group posing with guns at what appeared to be the condominium where the shooting occurred, according to a search warrant. It’s unclear whether the video was recorded on the same day as the double shooting. |
| Fairfax County police were called to the scene shortly before 2:40 a.m. Dec. 30, police said. One of the search warrants states that officers found Kamren suffering from multiple gunshot wounds outside the condominium, while Jayden was found inside with a single gunshot wound to the head. Jayden was pronounced dead at the scene. | |
| Kamren was taken to a hospital, where he remains in intensive care, Juan Quick said. Doctors have not said when Kamren might be released. He has had difficulty communicating. | Kamren was taken to a hospital, where he remains in intensive care, Juan Quick said. Doctors have not said when Kamren might be released. He has had difficulty communicating. |
| “He has a long road ahead of him,” Juan Quick said. | “He has a long road ahead of him,” Juan Quick said. |
| Family members said they do not know Mouzon and that they have no idea why the brothers were targeted, Juan Quick said. | Family members said they do not know Mouzon and that they have no idea why the brothers were targeted, Juan Quick said. |
| An uncle of Mouzon’s said he was unaware that his nephew had been charged in the shooting. The man said Mouzon had been released from prison within the past year. Online court records show Mouzon had pleaded guilty to a robbery case in Prince William County in 2016. | |
| Other family members did not respond to requests for comment. | Other family members did not respond to requests for comment. |
| Investigators recovered a sword, knives, a liquor bottle, a bullet and fragments, and cartridge cases among other things from the scene, according to one of the search warrants. | Investigators recovered a sword, knives, a liquor bottle, a bullet and fragments, and cartridge cases among other things from the scene, according to one of the search warrants. |
| “Detectives are still investigating what motivated the shooting as well as the possibility of any other suspect involvement,” police said in a statement. “The case remains an active investigation and we hope to have additional details to provide as the case unfolds.” | “Detectives are still investigating what motivated the shooting as well as the possibility of any other suspect involvement,” police said in a statement. “The case remains an active investigation and we hope to have additional details to provide as the case unfolds.” |
| Police said initially that the brothers lived at the address where the shooting occurred, but Juan Quick said they actually lived nearby. The family is collecting money to assist with the costs of Jayden’s funeral. Jayden leaves behind his mother, stepfather and two other siblings besides Kamren. | Police said initially that the brothers lived at the address where the shooting occurred, but Juan Quick said they actually lived nearby. The family is collecting money to assist with the costs of Jayden’s funeral. Jayden leaves behind his mother, stepfather and two other siblings besides Kamren. |
| “He really didn’t even get to live a lot of his possibilities,” Juan Quick said of Jayden. | “He really didn’t even get to live a lot of his possibilities,” Juan Quick said of Jayden. |
| Police said they have not found any links among a spate of shootings that occurred at the end of December in Fairfax County. They have also not linked the Quicks’ shootings to gang-related shootings that occurred over the summer in the same part of the county. | |
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