Keegan Omari Roberts, 24, was killed in a shooting in Jackson, Mississippi, on the evening of Saturday, January 27, 2024. The shooting occurred around 7:30 p.m. in the 1100 block of Verbena Street; officers who arrived found Roberts had succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say a juvenile was also wounded and taken to a local hospital. Authorities identified that injured juvenile as the suspect in Roberts’s fatal shooting and took the youth into custody. Two firearms were recovered at the scene, including a Glock pistol that had been illegally converted to fire fully automatically. Detectives continue to investigate the motive and the sequence of events that led to the deadly confrontation.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on Verbena Street that night or has information about the events leading up to it, please share what you know with investigators.