Zentavious De’Sean Antwon Banks was 17 when he was shot in the 4800 block of Churchill Drive in Jackson, Mississippi, on September 24, 2025. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died of his wounds that afternoon.

The Jackson Police Department investigated and identified a suspect. Twenty-two-year-old Kenneth Jones Jr. was arrested and has been charged with Banks’s murder. Authorities have not released a motive or detailed circumstances that led to the shooting as the investigation continues.

If anyone has information about what happened on Churchill Drive that afternoon or knew Zentavious, please share what you can with investigators.