In the spring of 2020, a fatal encounter at a local car wash cut short the life of Anthony Pierre Blackmore, a 32-year-old Black man from Jackson, Mississippi. The incident unfolded late on the night of April 23rd in the 3200 block of Lynch Street. What began as a simple argument between Blackmore and another individual escalated with tragic suddenness, ending in gunfire. When the Jackson Police Department arrived at the scene, they found Blackmore had been fatally shot.
The investigation
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