On March 9, 2026, 27-year-old Anthony Watts, a Black man, was found dead on a sidewalk between two apartment buildings in the 600 block of Northpointe Parkway in Jackson, Mississippi. Officers arrived at about 12:09 a.m. after reports of a shooting and discovered Watts with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators treated the shooting as connected to an ongoing dispute between Watts and his attacker rather than a random act. Homicide detectives identified a suspect and that same morning arrested 42-year-old Patrick Harris. Harris was charged with murder, aggravated assault, and shooting into an occupied vehicle and was booked into the Jackson Police Department’s holding facility pending an initial Municipal Court appearance. The police say the investigation is active; the death was the city’s 14th homicide for the year.

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