Sixteen-year-old Jackie L. Jackson III was fatally shot near The Banks in Cincinnati on June 22, 2024. The shooting happened around 2:15 a.m. on Marian Spencer Way; first responders took him to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he later died.

A woman at the scene identified as his mother said the shooting began after a disagreement over a bottle of water at a nearby corner store. No arrests have been announced and the Cincinnati Police Department’s Homicide Unit is asking anyone with information to come forward.

The victim’s grandfather, Pastor Jackie Jackson, is a well-known anti-violence advocate; Jackie III is reported to be the tenth member of the family lost to gun violence in the past decade. If anyone saw or heard anything near Marian Spencer Way around 2:15 a.m. on June 22, please contact the Cincinnati Police Homicide Unit.