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Jayden Alexander Scales-Amiker

Case from Columbia, SC dated Apr 11, 2024

Victim Details

Jayden Alexander Scales-Amiker

Male

Black / African American

Columbia

SC

2024-04-11

16

Jayden

Alexander Scales-Amiker

06/28/2026

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In the spring of 2024, a series of events tragically culminated in the death of 16-year-old Jayden Alexander Scales-Amiker, a Black male from Columbia, South Carolina. The devastating incident unfolded from a dispute between teenagers that escalated into deadly violence, leaving two families to mourn and a community to grapple with the consequences of youth-related crime and vigilante justice.

The catalyst for the fatal encounter occurred on the evening of April 10, 2024. On that day, fou ...
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  • WACH: 14 yr-old charged with double murder: Young lives lost amid escalating gun violence
  • wltx.com: 14-year-old charged in two shooting deaths on Angel Garden Way
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