Jermaine McDonald was a 14-year-old Black male who was shot while a passenger in a car on McDowell Road in Jackson, Mississippi. The shooting happened the evening of Sunday, May 28, 2023, after the vehicle had just left Pine Ridge Gardens Apartments. Jermaine was taken to a hospital and died six days later, on Saturday, June 3, 2023.

Jackson Police investigators identified a suspect they say is responsible for the fatal shooting. Interim Police Chief Joseph Wade named 31-year-old Brandon Pugh as wanted for Jermaine’s murder and said authorities believed Pugh fled the area. By early July 2023 the search had taken investigators to Leake County, where the Leake County Sheriff’s Office reported sightings of Pugh near Walnut Grove Correctional Facility and said he was believed to have brandished a firearm. The suspect was described as armed and extremely dangerous and remained at large as of July 2023.

Anyone with information on Brandon Pugh’s whereabouts was asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS. Does anyone have information that could help bring Jermaine’s killer to justice?