Jamarrion Keenan

Jamarrion Keenan—known to family and friends as "PJ"—was a young man rooted in family and community. Public notices from the time identify him as the son of Marion Keenan and Catherine McCoy and a devoted father to his daughter, Ja'mya. He lived in the Cheektowaga/Buffalo area and was just 23 years old at the time of his death on May 8, 2010.

Though public records about Jamarrion’s everyday life are limited in online archives, the details that do appear point to someone whose relationships mattered deeply. Family-centered language in funeral listings highlights his roles within his household: a son whose name appears alongside his parents', and a father whose child, Ja'mya, is specifically named in memorial notices. Those small facts suggest a life shaped by close family ties and responsibilities at an age when many people are just beginning to build households of their own.

Friends and relatives called him "PJ," a reminder that behind the formal name was a person known intimately by nicknames and private memories. For those who loved him, Jamarrion’s passing was not only the loss of a young life but the sudden absence of a son and a dad. While public documentation focuses on essential facts, they also point to the human connections that endure: parents who grieve, a child who carries his name forward, and a community that felt the shock of a life cut short.

Years after his death, official case listings indicate the homicide has not produced a lasting public resolution; nevertheless, Jamarrion’s identity in the historical record remains defined by his relationships more than the circumstances of his death. This remembrance honors Jamarrion Keenan as a real person—someone loved by family, known by friends, and a father to Ja'mya—whose life mattered beyond the brief public notices that remain.

If you have personal memories or photographs of Jamarrion you wish to include on this memorial page, those remembrances can help make clear the fuller life he lived beyond the limited public record.