In the late summer of 2015, 10-year-old Jadarrius K. Wilkinson was fatally shot once in the head at an apartment in the Baertown community of McComb, Mississippi. He was one of five children in the apartment and was under the care of a relative, 37-year-old Willie J. Wilkinson Jr., at the time. The firearm used was a .22-caliber handgun that had been reported stolen the day before the shooting. Emergency services responded but Jadarrius could not be saved.

Willie J. Wilkinson Jr. was arrested at the scene and initially charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; court records show prior convictions for grand larceny auto and third-degree arson. Charges were later upgraded to second-degree murder and possession of a stolen firearm, and a grand jury returned an indictment for first-degree murder along with the firearm counts. Willie J. Wilkinson Jr. later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and possession of a stolen firearm and received a 35-year prison sentence for his role in Jadarrius’s death.

Does anyone have information about the Baertown community in 2015 or knew Jadarrius and his family?