Sandra Goodwin, a 76-year-old Black woman, was shot in her Meridian, Mississippi, home on Manning Street on the evening of October 24, 2025. Emergency responders found her critically injured and she was taken to a local hospital, where she died of her wounds.

Two days later a 31-year-old man walked into the Meridian Police Department and confessed to shooting his grandmother. He was identified as Jacarus DeShawn Goodwin and was taken into custody without incident. Police described the incident as an isolated, domestic matter and said there was no ongoing threat to the community.

Jacarus Goodwin was charged with murder and with being a felon in possession of a firearm; reports state he was on parole for a prior conviction of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

If anyone knew Sandra Goodwin or has information about what happened on Manning Street that evening, please share what you can with Meridian investigators.