Jarvis Jackson Jr., an 18-year-old Black man, was shot and killed on August 14, 2024, at a convenience store in South Memphis near East McLemore Avenue and Edith Street. Police identified and charged a 15-year-old suspect in connection with the shooting. The same suspect was later tied to a September 2024 robbery that left 19-year-old Devin Graham dead.

The suspect was identified as Maximus Tate. Prosecutors sought to move Tate’s cases out of juvenile court; a Juvenile Court judge granted that motion. In March 2026, Tate, then 16, was booked into the Shelby County Jail and his cases were transferred to adult court. He faces two counts of second-degree murder and was held without bond pending further proceedings.

If anyone witnessed the August 14 shooting at the convenience store or has information about Jarvis’s movements that day, please share what you know.