On a tragic spring afternoon in Montgomery, Alabama, the life of 22-year-old Amaree Jackson was cut short by gunfire. On Monday, April 3, 2023, police responded to a call on Mulberry Street and found Jackson with a fatal gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The young woman's death left her family and friends mourning the sudden and violent loss of a loved one.
Within a day of the shooting, Montgomery police identified and arrested a suspect in connection with Jackson's
death. Jakyeri McCovery, who was 17 years old at the time, was taken into custody and charged with murder. He was subsequently held in the Montgomery County Detention Facility without bond. The swift arrest brought a suspect before the justice system, but the circumstances that led to the fatal encounter on Mulberry Street remained unclear to the public.
Further details regarding a potential motive for the shooting or the relationship between Amaree Jackson and Jakyeri McCovery have not been publicly released. The case against McCovery for the alleged murder of Amaree Jackson is proceeding through the legal system. In a separate and later incident, McCovery, then 19, was arrested in December 2024 and charged with the capital murder of 33-year-old Marcelino Hernandez, who was shot and killed in Montgomery in November 2024.
