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JayShawn Taylor

Case from Mount-juliet, TN dated Nov 15, 2018

Victim Details

JayShawn Taylor

Female

Black / African American

Mount-juliet

TN

2018-11-15

16

JayShawn

Taylor

07/13/2026

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In the autumn of 2018, the life of JayShawn Taylor, a 16-year-old African American male, was tragically cut short in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. A junior at Mount Juliet High School, he was known for his love of football. On November 15, 2018, just two weeks shy of his seventeenth birthday, JayShawn was fatally shot at a gathering with three other teenagers at the home of 15-year-old Ethen Vanderpool.

The group had met to sniff glue, but the evening took a dark turn. Vanderpool became enrage ...
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  • WSMV Nashville: Juvenile charged with criminal homicide in Mt. Juliet shooting
  • Ethen Vanderpool dead after murder conviction ... - The Tennessean
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    Has anyone else been following the parole hearings and updates for Ethen Vanderpool? I read that his... ...Read More
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