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Lovestruck teens shot 7 family members, killing 5, in downstate Illinois, relative says
NBC Chicago ^ | 7/15/26

Posted on 07/15/2026 6:05:21 AM PDT by CFW

A 15-year-old girl and 16-year-old boy are facing charges after their desire to be in a relationship led them to execute five members of the girl's family and wound two others over the weekend, a relative and authorities said.

The 15-year-old girl, who authorities have not named, and 16-year-old Ja'ymier Davis were both arrested and are facing charges, including first-degree murder, in connection to the shootings that took place around the East St. Louis area on Sunday, state police announced on Tuesday.

Authorities said human remains of three people were found by Illinois State Police on Sunday at the Samuel Gompers Homes on the 400 block of North 6th Street, authorities said. ISP then requested assistance from their Public Safety Enforcement Group unit, and four other victims were identified by investigators. One person was fatally shot at 39th and Summit streets, and one person was killed and two others injured at Jones Park.

The seven victims were all members of the same family from East St. Louis and related to the 15-year-old girl, Illinois State Police said. Authorities said 49-year-old Cherie May, 25-year-old Shania Thompson, 24-year-old Devin May, 21-year-old Quentin Thompson, and 74-year-old Patricia May were all fatally shot. The 15-year-old's mother and cousin were also shot but survived.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; eaststlouis; guncontrol; illinois; massmurder; murder; violence

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Even though it is against the law for teens to possess a gun, that doesn't stop them from doing so.

How did these teens think they were going to get away with this? Did they believe they'd just shoot the relatives that object to their relationship and then go their merry way?

And the left wants 16 year-olds to vote.

1 posted on 07/15/2026 6:05:21 AM PDT by CFW
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2 posted on 07/15/2026 6:06:26 AM PDT by CFW
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Pressure of Pritzker.


3 posted on 07/15/2026 6:06:58 AM PDT by chopperk (,)
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Did they believe they'd just shoot the relatives that object to their relationship and then go their merry way?

That is how it works out on the AI generated stories on Fakeit and Chi-Com.

You mean that is not real life?

4 posted on 07/15/2026 6:09:25 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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Ja’ymier Davis.................


5 posted on 07/15/2026 6:11:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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Samuel Gompers Homes...........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Gompers


6 posted on 07/15/2026 6:12:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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Did they think they’d be together in jail???

Obviously thinking wasn’t part of their plan.


7 posted on 07/15/2026 6:14:57 AM PDT by Aria (Voted for Trump 2016, 2020 & 10/22/2024 )
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Did they believe they’d just shoot the relatives that object to their relationship and then go their merry way?

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You might ask rhetorically, but I’ll answer. Their brains haven’t yet developed enough to ask that question. First, they feel an impulse. Second, they follow it with an action. Something went wrong in their upbringing.


8 posted on 07/15/2026 6:15:18 AM PDT by TTFX
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I doubt that much thinking of any kind was going on.


9 posted on 07/15/2026 6:18:54 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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How did these teens think they were going to get away with this? Did they believe they’d just shoot the relatives that object to their relationship and then go their merry way?


I had the same thought. Short term thinking at its worst.

Reminds me of the teens in NYC who killed a toursist so they could get money to “go dancing” at a club down the street from the crime. That happened at least 20 years ago, but stuck with me.


10 posted on 07/15/2026 6:19:26 AM PDT by rbg81 (=)
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Ja'ymier

Photo wasn't really necessary.

11 posted on 07/15/2026 6:19:36 AM PDT by PAR35
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Oh no, they did not think they would go to jail at all. That is not how the stories work. The remaining relatives are suppose to whisper “we did not realize how in love you were” and then everybody claps.
12 posted on 07/15/2026 6:21:09 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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How did these teens think they were going to get away with this?

It was Illinois. B on B killing is the state passtime, isn't it?

13 posted on 07/15/2026 6:24:39 AM PDT by PAR35
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Sounds like one of those love/hate relationships.


14 posted on 07/15/2026 6:25:14 AM PDT by Mashood
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I notice it was only her family that was killed, which makes me suspect that the family of Ja’ymier Davis, if he has anything that can be called a family, wasn’t considered a problem by the two teens because they aren’t exactly into parenting.

He family probably knew that he was trouble and didn’t want her to have anything to do with the guy, and wouldn’t let her go out.


15 posted on 07/15/2026 6:28:05 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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Notice that none of those murdered had the classic sign of an urban douchebag - the silly apostrophe in the name.


16 posted on 07/15/2026 6:30:25 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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Low impulse control, lack of proper parenting, amoral culture. Tragic.


17 posted on 07/15/2026 6:32:12 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Progressivism is socialism. Venezuela is how it ends.)
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‘lil Ja’ymier likely never got no “beatings” (as the libs like to call it) from a father.


18 posted on 07/15/2026 6:35:44 AM PDT by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Poor 'lil Travon bees slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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...ditto...


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It’s them again, Yogi.


20 posted on 07/15/2026 6:38:23 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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