‘She was my baby girl’ Mother shattered after daughter’s deadly shooting

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Simone Morgan-LindoJournalist at Jamaica Star

July 9, 2026

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‘She was my baby girl’ Mother shattered after daughter’s deadly shooting

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Maureen Haynes-Taylor is struggling to accept that the daughter she cherished for 21 years is gone.

The Waterford, St Catherine mother was left devastated on Monday after Brianna Taylor, her “baby girl” and the light of her home, was shot and killed in Mall Road, St Andrew.

The 21-year-old’s death has plunged her family and community into mourning, with loved ones describing her as a kind, pleasant and ambitious young woman whose smile touched everyone around her.

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