On the evening of Friday, April 10, 2026, 33-year-old Leonard Banks was fatally shot at about 7:56 p.m. in the 500 block of Cooper Road at a gas station in Jackson, Mississippi. Officers found Banks on the sidewalk in front of the business with a single gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation produced an arrest within two days. On Sunday, April 12, 2026, 17-year-old Siyaski Crawford was taken into custody and charged with murder; he was booked into the city’s holding facility pending an initial court appearance. Detectives say the probe is ongoing as they work to determine whether others were involved and what the motive might have been.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Jackson Police Department or Crime Stoppers. Did anyone in Jackson see what happened that night or have information about activity around the Cooper Road gas station?