Roy Love, 60, was working as a security guard at M&M Food Express in south Jackson, Mississippi when he was killed during the early morning hours of July 8, 2024. At about 1:30 a.m. he approached a group of three teenagers and asked them to leave; surveillance video shows the confrontation escalated and the teenagers attacked him, took his firearm, and shot him. The footage indicates Love did not draw his weapon during the encounter.

Jackson Police identified and arrested three juveniles within hours: two 17-year-olds and one 16-year-old, and charged them with capital murder. Authorities said the motive was to steal the security guard’s gun; the suspects were denied bond. Roy Love was remembered locally as a friendly, long-standing presence in the neighborhood.

If anyone saw activity around M&M Food Express that night or has information about the assault, please come forward to assist the investigation.