On the morning of June 8, 2019, 27-year-old Ravonte Cortez Flowers of Jackson, Mississippi, was found lying in the street on Tifton Drive with multiple gunshot wounds. First responders arrived about 1:30 a.m., and Flowers was pronounced dead at the scene. He was born August 22, 1991, in Hinds County, graduated Wingfield High School in 2010 where he played basketball, and later attended Hinds Community College. Friends and family remembered him as kind-hearted and quiet with a warm smile.

The shooting was recorded as the city’s 47th homicide that year. The Jackson Police Department has not announced any arrests or identified suspects, and authorities described the motive as unclear. If anyone has information about Flowers, Tifton Drive that night, or the events leading up to June 8, 2019, please come forward.