Jesse Whitfield was 19 when he was killed on the evening of February 3, 2014, in Jackson, Mississippi. Whitfield worked for United Parcel Service and was fatally shot during what has been described as an attempted robbery of a delivery truck.

Jackson Police investigators arrested two men in connection with the killing, Jerome Moore and Latarius Boyd. Both were charged with capital murder. Court outcomes in the case include convictions for both defendants and life without parole sentences.