On the morning of Friday, December 6, 2024, Capitol Police officers in Jackson, Mississippi, responded to Club Paradise in the 1800 block of Mill Street and found 55-year-old Black male John Blackmon dead inside the venue. He was located near a pool table and had sustained two gunshot wounds. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety’s press secretary confirmed the death is being investigated as a criminal homicide.

No suspects have been publicly identified or taken into custody, and investigators have not released a motive or details about what led to the shooting. The case remains active and police are asking anyone who was at the club that morning or has information about what happened to come forward.

Did anyone who was at Club Paradise on December 6 see or hear anything that could help investigators?