Derrick Brian Jackson was 21 when he was shot and killed in Evansville, Indiana, on October 9, 2011. The case remains unsolved and has since been placed in the Evansville Police Department’s cold case files. No arrests have been announced and no suspect or suspects have been publicly identified.

Details about the circumstances of the shooting have not been widely publicized, leaving gaps in the timeline and the narrative of what happened that night. His mother, Bridgett Tate, continues to press for answers as the family remembers Derrick for the years of joy and love he brought them rather than the way he died.

If anyone has information about Derrick’s death or remembers events from Evansville on or around October 9, 2011, please come forward.