Christian Hursey, 18, was sought in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Jada Sellers in Southwest Baltimore.
WOODLAWN, Md. — An 18-year-old sought in the fatal shooting of Baltimore teenager Jada Sellers was found dead Thursday night after police entered a Woodlawn home to serve a search and seizure warrant, authorities said.
Baltimore police identified the man as Christian Hursey, who had been named a suspect a day earlier in the July 31 shooting of Sellers, 17. Police said Hursey died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound as Baltimore City homicide detectives and a Baltimore County police SWAT team moved into the home. His death ended a search that had included an $11,500 combined reward for information leading to his arrest.
Police said officers went to a residence on Lawnwood Circle near Windsor Mill Road at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday. As officers entered, they heard a single gunshot from the basement, according to authorities. Officers went downstairs and found Hursey wounded. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have not publicly explained how the Woodlawn residence was connected to Hursey or whether investigators received information that led them there.
Hursey had been wanted in connection with the shooting of Sellers in the 700 block of Lyndhurst Street in Southwest Baltimore. Officers were called to the area shortly after midnight July 31 and found Sellers with life-threatening injuries. She was taken to a hospital and remained there for nearly two weeks before dying Aug. 12.
Sellers was a student at Milford Mill Academy. Police publicly identified Hursey as a suspect on Aug. 20 as authorities intensified efforts to locate him. Investigators had described him as armed and dangerous, while Metro Crime Stoppers and the U.S. Marshals Service offered rewards totaling $11,500 for information that could lead to an arrest.
The warrant operation the following evening changed the course of the investigation. Rather than taking Hursey into custody for questioning and possible prosecution, officers found him dead. Police have not announced additional suspects or publicly detailed the evidence that led detectives to identify Hursey in Sellers’ killing.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley described the outcome as a tragic end to a case involving the deaths of two young people. He extended condolences to Sellers’ relatives and others affected by both deaths while noting that the circumstances surrounding them were different.
Neighbors in Woodlawn told FOX45 that the large police response came as a surprise and that they did not initially know why officers had gathered in the neighborhood. The police activity centered on the home where investigators believed Hursey could be found.
Sellers’ death had already prompted an outpouring of grief from relatives, classmates and members of the Milford Mill Academy community. Family members described her as active in school and close to relatives and friends. The shooting occurred only weeks before the start of a new school year.
With Hursey dead, police have not announced what investigative steps remain in the homicide case or whether detectives are seeking anyone else. Authorities also have not publicly disclosed a motive for Sellers’ shooting or further details about the circumstances leading up to it.
Author note: Last updated Aug. 22, 2026.