Marcus Allen Jackson, a 24-year-old Black man from Jacksonville, Illinois, was killed after a late-night party dispute on October 23, 2014. Witnesses describe a brawl that began at a Jacksonville bar, where bottles were thrown, a woman was shoved into glass, and a pistol was brandished. Jackson and relatives went to a house near North Fayette Street and West Douglas Avenue expecting to confront rival gang members.

Outside that house witnesses say one gun circulated between Shaquille Berry and his younger brother, 19-year-old Avery Berry. During a scuffle in which Jackson and Shaquille fell to the ground, multiple witnesses recalled Shaquille urging Avery to fire. From only a few feet away Avery Berry shot three times, striking Jackson; Jackson was driven toward Passavant Area Hospital but died en route.

Detectives identified Avery Berry as the suspect, obtained a warrant, and arrested him in the St. Louis area on December 15, 2014. He was extradited to Morgan County and faced three counts of first-degree murder. The trial record and appeals preserve detailed witness testimony about the confrontation and shooting.

Did anyone who lived near West Douglas and North Fayette see or hear anything the night Marcus Jackson was shot?