Reality dating show contestant Jardyn ‘Pee Wee’ Walker dies at 23

Jardyn Walker, former contestant on Erica Mena’s reality dating series Two Ways with Erica Mena The man, who went by the alias “Pee Wee,” was found shot to death in Missouri on January 21.

St. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department described the series of events that led to the discovery of Walker’s body in a news release published Thursday. PEOPLE.

Walker, St. She was reported missing Jan. 20 after failing to meet her sister at an Amazon facility in Hazelwood, a northwest suburb of the St. Louis Metropolitan area. She was supposed to give her brother a ride home, but he never showed up, according to a University City Police statement obtained by the local news outlet. KSDK.

Former reality star recently vying for a chance at love Love and Hip Hop: New York And of Atlanta graduate Mena was working as a delivery driver in the area. Hours after Walker’s sister reported her missing, University City Police arrived in St. Louis to assist in the investigation. He dispatched St. Louis Metro Police, which led them to an alley where a body was found in the early hours of Jan. 21.

The individual was pronounced dead at the scene and was later identified as Walker.

SLMPD claimed in its statement that officers had already responded to a call reporting shots fired in that area late the night before, where they spotted a vehicle speeding away from the scene and pursued it.

Officers eventually arrested 27-year-old Jamaal Jones, who was allegedly traveling in the vehicle with a gun. Jones was taken into custody, questioned and arrested early on January 21. Jones faces charges of first-degree murder, armed criminal action and tampering with evidence, SLMPD tells PEOPLE.

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It will premiere on Zeus Network in February 2025. Two Ways with Erica Mena It featured 18 contestants, split into two groups of nine men and nine women, each vying for the reality star’s attention. Walker nearly reached the final and finished fourth overall.

Mena mourned the losses of Walker and Saiveon Hopkins, his picks in the finals. Two Ways and who was Killed in September 2024in a post shared on Instagram Sunday.

“You were both so young, so talented and full of dreams,” he wrote over an AI-generated video of the men embracing. “The world failed you. Your lives were taken in ways that will never make sense, and you didn’t deserve that.”

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