JACKSON — Jackson police are investigating a fatal shooting that left a 20-year-old man dead Tuesday night at an apartment complex on Rebel Woods Drive, police said.
Officers with Precinct 1 responded about 9:23 p.m. to a report of an aggravated assault at Pine Garden Apartments in the 200 block of Rebel Woods Drive, according to the department. When officers arrived, they found Jakori Smith, 20, lying on a sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead, police said.
Detectives with the department’s Robbery/Homicide Unit and members of the Mobile Crime Unit were called to the scene. Investigators recovered multiple shell casings and said the suspects were described as three Black males; no vehicle description was available. The case remains under investigation, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Jackson Police Department at 601-960-1234 or Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS. This is a developing story and will be updated as more details emerge.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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