Jai’den Winchester: Aberdeen high school football player, 14, killed in shooting

A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed in Aberdeen late Saturday evening, according to Aberdeen Police.

Jai’den Alexander Winchester was pronounced dead at the scene. The Havre de Grace High School ninth grader had been shot in the head and was going into cardiac arrest when police arrived around midnight to the 200 block of Center Deen Avenue in the Harford County city.

Aberdeen Police Sgt. Jason Neidig said Winchester’s death is currently being investigated as a homicide. The detectives interview witnesses and try to find a motive. “This is an active investigation,” Neidig said in an email.

Winchester is listed on an online athletics website as a junior varsity football player for Havre de Grace High School.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Corey Lightner at 410-272-2121 or [email protected].