Jemile Shacorria Pittman, a beloved daughter, sister, and friend from Orlando, Florida, was a young woman known to her loved ones as Milla. Born on October 8, 1998, to Jacquleyn Davis and Corey Pittman, Jemile was remembered for her love of basketball and the time she cherished with her family and close friends. At 23 years old, the African American woman worked in the fast-food industry. Her life was characterized by the loving bonds she shared with her parents, her brothers, William Holmes and Corey Pittman, Jr., her sisters, Jasmine Davis, Aungela Davis, Jakayda Pittman, Markisha Willis, and Mariah Willis, and her grandparents.
Tragedy struck on the afternoon of December 8, 2021. Shortly before 4 p.m., deputies from the Orange County Sheriff's Office responded to a call about an unresponsive person in a car at the intersection of Bren Lee Court and South Rio Grande Avenue. When they arrived, they found Jemile inside a vehicle, suffering from a gunshot wound.
Emergency services rushed her to a nearby hospital, but she succumbed to her injuries, leaving her family and community in profound grief.
The initial investigation into Jemile's homicide began with no suspects or public leads. The Orange County Sheriff's Office worked the case for months, eventually identifying a person of interest. The investigation took a significant turn when detectives questioned 17-year-old Lorenzo Larry in connection with the shooting. By that time, Larry was already a suspect in a separate, fatal shooting of another young woman, 16-year-old De’Shayla Ferguson, which occurred in October 2022.
During questioning, Larry admitted to shooting Jemile. He claimed, however, that the shooting was an act of self-defense. Investigators noted that his actions after the incident cast doubt on this claim; he fled the scene, disposed of the gun, and left the state of Florida. According to an investigative report, Larry also confessed to multiple people that he had killed Pittman and had thrown the gun and a phone into a lake.
In July 2022, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office submitted its investigative report to the state attorney's office for a final decision on whether to file charges against Larry for Jemile's death. Meanwhile, Larry was arrested and charged with second-degree murder for the killing of De’Shayla Ferguson and her unborn child.
Jemile's mother, Jacquelyn Davis, later expressed her heartbreak, stating that if Larry had been incarcerated for her daughter's death, De'shayla and her baby might still be alive. A visitation for Jemile was held on December 17, 2021, at Postell’s Mortuary Chapel, followed by a service the next day at The Real Life Church in Orlando, where those who knew and loved her gathered to cherish the memories of a life cut short.
As of the latest available reports in the fall of 2022, the state attorney's office had not yet made a final determination on whether to press charges against Lorenzo Larry in connection with Jemile Pittman's death. The case was still under review, leaving Jemile’s family waiting for a final measure of justice. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Crimeline at 407-423-8477.
