Late on a Saturday night in Jackson, Mississippi, gunfire on the 5600 block of Dogwood Trail left four people shot and two dead. On August 30, 2025, officers from Precinct One arrived at the scene around 11 p.m. and found a chaotic situation. Forty-eight-year-old Roosevelt Denson Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene from at least one gunshot wound. Twenty-six-year-old Zacchaeus Daniel Johnson was critically injured, taken to a local hospital, and died in the early hours of the following Sunday morning. Two other people were wounded and transported to area hospitals.

Homicide detectives with the Jackson Police Department made arrests on Tuesday, September 2. Eighteen-year-old Mason Pearce and 21-year-old Jordan Crawford were taken into custody and charged with two counts of murder for the deaths of Johnson and Denson and with two counts of aggravated assault for the other victims. A judge denied bond for both defendants. The investigation was reported to be ongoing.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on Dogwood Trail or has information about what led to this violence, please share what is known with investigators.