On the morning of Thursday, December 21, 2023, the body of 49-year-old Jerome Taylor was found on the front lawn of a home on 21st Street North in Columbus, Mississippi. Neighbors had heard gunshots the previous evening, Wednesday, December 20, but no one reported them at the time. The Lowndes County Coroner confirmed Taylor’s identity and investigators determined he had been shot the night before; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Jerome Taylor, born May 17, 1974, was a father to sons Javon and Travon Taylor and a grandfather of two. He had worked for Wheeler Roofing. The Columbus Police Department opened a homicide investigation into his death, and later that month Dorian Williams was arrested and charged in connection with the killing.

Does anyone in the community have information about the events on 21st Street North the night of December 20?