Jeffery Downs

Death by Force

In the early hours of March 31, 2021, the sound of gunshots echoed through a neighborhood in Jackson, Mississippi, a chilling premonition of a tragedy that would soon come to light. Later that morning, around 11 a.m., the body of 18-year-old Jeffery Downs, Jr., a Black male, was discovered near playground equipment in Battlefield Park. The Hinds County coroner would later confirm that the young man had sustained multiple gunshot wounds, and his death was officially ruled a homicide. This inciden ...Read More

https://www.wlbt.com: JPD identifies body found at Battlefield Park

Jeffery Downs, Jr., age 18 - National Gun Violence Memorial

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