Quincy Eugene McGowan, 31, was found dead in a vacant lot near Roach Street in Jackson on November 11, 2014. An autopsy determined he died of a gunshot wound; a 9 mm projectile was recovered from his body and investigators recovered ten 9 mm shell casings at the scene.

The shooting also left Emmanuel Jones wounded; he suffered five gunshot wounds and a .22 caliber projectile was removed during treatment. Jones later told authorities that he and Roger Lee Jackson had been driving in Jackson’s vehicle looking to buy drugs when they encountered a vehicle driven by Jerry Lewis near Roach and Farrish Streets. An argument between Jackson and Lewis preceded the shootings, and Jones’s testimony became a key part of the case.

Roger Lee Jackson was arrested and tried in Hinds County Circuit Court on a deliberate-design murder charge in McGowan’s death. The jury acquitted Jackson of murder but convicted him of aggravated assault of Emmanuel Jones and of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Did anyone in the area remember the vehicles or the argument that night?