In the early morning hours of April 17, 2021, a burst of gunfire outside a club on Bailey Avenue in Jackson, Mississippi, killed 20-year-old Cleophus Walker III and 24-year-old Richard Tanner. The club owner described the shooting as an ambush that occurred around 1:00 a.m., before the two men could enter the establishment. Their deaths were among six homicides Jackson police investigated within a single 24-hour span.

Responding officers found Walker and Tanner deceased at the scene. Family and friends left balloons and messages at the site while local business owners and residents publicly condemned the escalating gun violence.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Cleophus Walker III, please come forward to assist the investigation.