Fifteen-year-old Jakevion Manuel, a Black student at Greenwood High School, was fatally shot on the 400 block of East McLaurin Street in Greenwood, Mississippi, on September 15, 2025. He was walking with a fellow student around 8:50 p.m. when a vehicle passed and shots were fired; Jakevion was struck in the head and later died at a hospital in Jackson, the Leflore County Coroner’s office confirmed.

Funeral services were held at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church as the Greenwood community mourned. Law enforcement opened a homicide investigation, but initial reports stated no arrests had been made and no suspects had been publicly identified.

Who in Greenwood might have seen that vehicle or has information about the shooting on East McLaurin Street that evening?