Jamarison Keshawn Rogers was 18 when he was shot and killed during a party at the Wingate Hotel in Ridgeland, Mississippi, on the evening of August 8, 2022. The gathering in a hotel room turned from a verbal dispute into a physical altercation, and Jamarison suffered fatal gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene on the I-55 Frontage North.

Ridgeland police investigated and identified a suspect quickly. Within three hours officers arrested 21-year-old Johnterrius Demond Murriel of Jackson; Murriel was charged with murder and held at the Madison County Jail without bond. The prosecution of Murriel for Jamarison’s death is ongoing.

If anyone attended that party or has information about what happened in the hotel room that night, please share what you know.