In the early morning hours of a September weekend in Macon, Georgia, a dispute inside a convenience store on Emery Highway escalated with deadly consequences. The verbal altercation spilled outside, and in a matter of moments, 23-year-old Jamon Deshon Jackson was shot. The incident occurred on Saturday, September 16, 2023. Jackson was rushed to Atrium Health Navicent but ultimately succumbed to his injuries.
The man accused of firing the fatal shots was identified as Nicktarious Linardo
Kinder. At the time of the shooting, Kinder was on probation for a prior offense. The altercation reportedly began as a fight inside the store before turning violent outside. Following an investigation, Kinder was charged with malice murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault in connection with Jackson's death.
While the murder charges against him are still pending, Kinder faced immediate legal repercussions for his alleged actions on that September morning. A judge ruled that his self-defense claim was not strong enough to halt the case from moving forward, noting that Jackson had his hands in his pockets and did not appear to be an imminent threat when he was shot. Consequently, Kinder's probation from a 2022 conviction was revoked. He admitted to possessing a firearm, which was a violation of his probation, and was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for this violation. The trial for the murder of Jamon Deshon Jackson is yet to be scheduled.
This was not the first time Jamon Deshon Jackson's name had been connected to a homicide case in Macon. In October 2018, when he was 18 years old, Jackson, along with four other individuals, was indicted on felony murder charges in the shooting death of 16-year-old Kendrick Darnell Davis. Davis was fatally shot near the intersection of Manson and Warpath roads in east Macon. At the time, Jackson was arrested and held without bond. The outcome of this earlier case is not detailed in the available information.
