On a late summer evening in Bastrop, Louisiana, the life of Reginald Jackson, a 42-year-old man, was abruptly ended. On September 1, 2018, Jackson was found with a fatal gunshot wound to the chest at a residence on North Stampley Street. The initial investigation by the Bastrop Police Department suggested that an argument had preceded the deadly shooting.
Jackson, an Army veteran, was remembered by acquaintances as a good-hearted person who often had a joke for every situation.
The investigation into the homicide quickly led to a suspect. Shaletha McGee, a 44-year-old woman from Bastrop, was identified as the individual allegedly involved in the shooting. McGee and Jackson were reportedly acquaintances, and it is believed that their dispute escalated, culminating in the tragic event. Following the incident, law enforcement officials began a search for McGee, who had fled the scene.
Within a few days of the shooting, Shaletha McGee turned herself in to the Bastrop Police Department. She was subsequently arrested and charged with the second-degree murder of Reginald Jackson. After her arrest, McGee was booked into the Morehouse Parish Jail. The case then proceeded through the legal system, with the prosecution moving forward on the second-degree murder charge. In August of 2019, Shaletha McGee entered a plea of guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. A judge sentenced her to serve 25 years in prison for her role in the death of Reginald Jackson.
