On August 23, 2024, 21-year-old Tysen Mikenzie Cox was fatally shot while sitting in his car in the parking lot of Adams Grocery at 2121 N. Tamarind Avenue in West Palm Beach. Cox was struck in the chest, managed to drive away, then collided with another vehicle on 25th Street. Witnesses found him unresponsive and attempted CPR; he was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:20 p.m. ShotSpotter recorded the gunfire and investigators recovered multiple 9mm casings in the grocery lot.

Surveillance and nearby camera footage showed a man approach Cox’s vehicle and fire into the driver’s side. Detectives traced a green and black Chrysler Pacifica to a parking lot on 1720 North Congress Avenue on August 24; a search of the vehicle turned up paperwork and prescription bottles tied to another person who later said they had witnessed the shooting and identified the shooter by the nickname Jit, meaning Denzel Jackson. Jackson was taken into custody before noon on August 30 and booked on a charge of first-degree murder with a firearm after denying involvement but admitting to an argument with Cox earlier that day.

Are there witnesses or area residents who saw the shooting, the Pacifica, or the events on Tamarind Avenue that evening?