William Jamarian Knight, 24, was killed in Jackson, Mississippi, on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Born August 25, 1996, in Jackson’s Hinds County, he was the eldest of three children of Demetria Burns Knight and Willie Knight, Jr. He attended G.

N. Smith Elementary and Brinkley Junior High, graduated from Lanier High School, and participated in the school football team and band.

After high school he worked for UPS in the Parcel Service division and was the father of a daughter, Kamiya.