On the evening of January 24, 2025, 17-year-old Jasmine Smith, a young African American woman from Laurinburg, North Carolina, was tragically shot and killed. Authorities responded to reports of a shooting at approximately 8:30 p.m. in the 300 block of E. Vance Street. Upon arrival, officers discovered Jasmine Smith lying unresponsive in the front yard of a residence. Scotland County EMS was dispatched to the scene, but she was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.
Following an intensive in
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