Nineteen-year-old Jadarrius Woodard, a Black man from McComb, Mississippi, was fatally shot in Liberty, Amite County, on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Born June 29, 2003, to Jerome Woodard and Barbara Nicole Anderson, his death devastated family and friends.

The shooting prompted a multi-agency manhunt that temporarily locked down schools and businesses in Liberty while officers searched the area. An anonymous tip led authorities to a suspect, 20-year-old Zykevius Dangerfield, who was arrested and charged with Woodard’s murder. Motive and the detailed circumstances of the encounter have not been widely released.

If anyone in the community witnessed what happened in Liberty that day or has information about the events leading up to Jadarrius Woodard’s death, please come forward.