21-Year-Old Woman Lured To Her Death in Miami

MIAMI, FL — A 21-year-old Miami woman who had her life ahead of her, instead had it taken away on Friday morning. Police said Jackisha Bayard was lured outside of her home by her boyfriend. Whatever she thought would happen was just a ploy to shower her with gunfire, according to Miami police.

That was around 7:45 a.m. By day's end Bayard had succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds to her chest and torso while her 22-year-old boyfriend, Gregory Brown Jr. was charged with her murder. (Sign up for our free Daily Newsletters and Breaking News Alerts for the Miami Patch.)

Police arrived at Bayard's home in the unit block of NW 38 Street only to find her clinging to life.

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"Upon arrival, officers made contact with Jackisha Bayard," Officer Christopher Bess of the Miami Police Department told Patch. "According to investigators, the victim was at home when she received a phone call on her cellular phone from her boyfriend, Gregory Brown Jr. ... asking her to come outside.

Unfortunately Bess complied.

"The victim met the offender at his vehicle, where he then opened fire shortly thereafter," said Bess. "The victim was struck multiple times, and managed to run back to her home, where she collapsed."

City of Miami Fire Rescue transported Bayard to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in "extremely" critical condition. She later succumbed to her injures.

Brown turned himself in and was taken into custody. He was charged with one count of first-degree murder.

Her friends posted condolences on Bayard's Facebook page.

Photo of Gregory Brown, Jr. courtesy of Miami-Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation