Patrick Hubbard II

A father’s worst nightmare became a reality on the afternoon of June 22, 2020, in Magee, Mississippi, when he discovered his son, Patrick Hubbard II, had been shot. The call to Simpson County E911 came around 4:20 p.m., leading deputies and Magee Police Department officers to a grim scene on Old Tower Road. There, they found 18-year-old Patrick Hubbard II, a young Black man, lying in a thicket outside of his vehicle. He had sustained a fatal gunshot wound, and investigators immediately classified his death as a homicide.

The initial investigation involved a significant law enforcement presence. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation's crime scene unit was called to help process the scene for evidence, and Patrick’s vehicle was towed to the Mississippi State Crime Lab for a thorough examination. As investigators began to piece together the events of that tragic day, a person of interest quickly emerged: 20-year-old Jordan Jamal Brinson. Authorities learned that Brinson was a suspect in the theft of a pistol from a family member earlier the same day and believed he may have been with Patrick at the time of the shooting.

The search for Brinson intensified as police revealed he was already wanted on active felony warrants with the Magee Police Department. His history with law enforcement included a November 2019 arrest for two counts of aggravated assault and grand larceny of a motor vehicle, for which he had been indicted by a grand jury in March 2020. Just two months before Patrick's death, Brinson was also identified as the shooter in an April 2020 incident that left two people wounded.

Considering Brinson armed and dangerous, a multi-agency manhunt was launched. Deputies from the Simpson County Sheriff’s Department, the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department, and the U.S. Marshal’s Office collaborated in the search. A drone equipped with a FLIR camera was deployed to scan a large area, but Brinson initially eluded capture. The search extended beyond Simpson County as authorities alerted neighboring jurisdictions.

A breakthrough in the case came about a week later. Following a tip, deputies with the Jefferson Davis County Sheriff's Department located and arrested Jordan Brinson at a trailer on Clem Road. He was taken into custody without incident and officially named a suspect in the murder of Patrick Hubbard Jr.

Following his arrest in early July 2020, the subsequent legal proceedings against Jordan Brinson for the murder of Patrick Hubbard II are not detailed in publicly available records or news reports. The case appears to have gone quiet, leaving the final outcome of the charges against him in this specific incident unclear. The community and Patrick's grieving family were left waiting for justice and answers that have yet to be publicly announced. As of the latest available information, the resolution of the case following Brinson's capture remains unknown. Law enforcement has not released any further updates on the investigation or prosecution.