On the night of September 17, 2023, 24-year-old Richard Newell was fatally shot while sitting in a vehicle on Liberty Street near Coleman Street in Jackson, Mississippi. A 19-year-old passenger in the same car was also struck and survived after being taken to a nearby hospital. According to the Jackson Police Department, a black SUV pulled up beside their vehicle and someone inside fired multiple rounds into the car. The SUV fled the scene and the shooter or shooters have not been identified.

Friends and family remembered Newell as generous and funny, a loving son, brother, and friend. Investigators have appealed for public help, and no arrests have been announced. If anyone has information about the black SUV or the shooting, please contact the Jackson Police Department. Who in the area that night might have seen or heard something useful?