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Jairus Mickale Byrd

Case from Laurens, SC dated Jan 22, 2021

Victim Details

Jairus Mickale Byrd

Male

Black / African American

Laurens

SC

2021-01-22

35

Jairus

Mickale Byrd

06/24/2026

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In the winter of 2021, a 35-year-old man named Jairus Mickale Byrd lost his life in a fatal shooting in Laurens, South Carolina. The incident, which occurred on January 22, 2021, unfolded on Spring Street and was the culmination of a targeted attack.

On that day, Antone B. Ellis Tremayne Blakely, a known gang member who went by the street name 'Cheeze,' along with several accomplices, went to the apartment where Byrd was staying. They cornered Byrd in a bedroom and assaulted him. Despite ...
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  • FOX Carolina: Coroner identifies victim of shooting homicide in Laurens along Spring St.
  • Jairus Byrd Obituary | Jan 22, 2021 | Laurens, SC
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