Elijah Bridges, a 22-year-old Black man from Vicksburg, Mississippi, was killed on October 17, 2021, during a mass shooting at Club Rain on Medgar Evers Boulevard in Jackson. The shooting occurred early that Sunday morning during Jackson State University homecoming weekend; Bridges was found at the back of the nightclub with multiple gunshot wounds and did not survive. Two other young people, 24-year-old Alicia Brown and 20-year-old Deanne Bell, were also killed and three others were wounded.

Early reports conflicted on whether the shooting began inside or outside the venue, but investigators later determined it took place inside the club. Jeremy Antoine Johnson was identified as the primary suspect; he was taken in for questioning days after the shooting and released without charges, and the case later went cold. In January 2025 authorities charged Johnson with three counts of murder and said he was at large.

If anyone has information about that night or about Elijah’s life and whereabouts at the time, please share what is known with investigators.