A deadly ambush at a Jackson gas station left two men dead after multiple shooters opened fire on a parked truck. On January 11, 2023, 32-year-old Black male Christian DiaVonni Oliver and 31-year-old Steven Nichols were sitting inside a white pickup in the 4600 block of Interstate 55 North when several gunmen fired into the vehicle and fled. Emergency crews found both men critically wounded; Nichols died the same day and Oliver was taken to a hospital where he died three days later, on January 14, 2023, the Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart confirmed.

The Jackson Police Department investigated the double homicide and initially had no identified suspects or public suspect descriptions. Authorities asked anyone with information about the shooting or motive to contact Crime Stoppers. If anyone knew Christian Oliver, was at that gas station, or has information that could help, please share what is known with investigators.