Benard Mack, 58, was fatally shot while a passenger in a vehicle in the early hours of Sunday, October 26, 2025. The shooting did not occur where his body was found; the driver transported Mack to the 2800 block of Ridgeland Drive in Jackson, where he was pronounced dead at the scene. Mack was a Black male from Edwards, Mississippi.

The Jackson Police Department and the Hinds County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation. Investigators took the driver into custody on a charge unrelated to Mack’s death, but no arrests have been announced in connection with the shooting and no suspects have been publicly identified. It remains unclear where the shooting occurred and who fired the shots.

Does anyone who was in the Ridgeland Drive area that morning or who saw a vehicle leaving the area have information to share?