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Thursday, July 24, 2025

Pleasantville shop owner shot dead

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1336 days ago
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Sascha Wil­son

A Pleas­antville shop own­er was shot and killed by a man pre­tend­ing to be a cus­tomer at his busi­ness place yes­ter­day.

The vic­tim has been iden­ti­fied as Ajala Don­ald­son, 36, of Ma­hogany Av­enue, Pleas­antville.

Don­ald­son’s two broth­ers, Kadeem Jor­don and Jah­mai Don­ald­son, were al­so mur­dered with­in the past three years, po­lice said.

Re­ports stat­ed that around mid­day, Don­ald­son, who op­er­at­ed a par­lour in front of his home, heard some­one call­ing and went to at­tend to them.

Video footage cir­cu­lat­ing on so­cial me­dia shows a man of dark com­plex­ion lat­er pay­ing for an item.

As Don­ald­son turned to leave the shop, how­ev­er, the man pulled out a gun and shot him sev­er­al times. He then grabbed an item off the counter and walked away.

Res­i­dents told po­lice they heard gun­shots and found Don­ald­son on the ground. He died at the scene.

Po­lice are still try­ing to as­cer­tain a mo­tive.

In Jan­u­ary 2018, Don­ald­son’s broth­er Jah­mai, 26, was cut­ting grass at the near­by Elm Street when oc­cu­pants of a ve­hi­cle opened fire on him and an­oth­er man, Akeemie Wil­son, 30. Both men were killed.

In April last year, Don­ald­son’s oth­er broth­er Kadeem Jor­don, 27, was dri­ving his Mer­cedes Benz in Pleas­antville when a Ti­i­da crashed in­to his car and the oc­cu­pants fa­tal­ly shot him.

Eight months lat­er, Jor­don’s girl­friend and the moth­er of his two chil­dren Na­talia Coop­er, 25, was gunned down in her car when she ar­rived home with her chil­dren on Old Year’s Night.

Then in Ju­ly, Jor­don’s rel­a­tive Kay­o­de Jor­don, al­so known as Fire­house and Kyle, of Pleas­antville, was al­so killed in Princes Town.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors could not say yes­ter­day whether all the mur­ders were linked.

Of­fi­cers of the Homi­cide Bu­reau of In­ves­ti­ga­tions Re­gion 3 are in­ves­ti­gat­ing.


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