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Samuel Taylor

Case from Jackson, MS dated Nov 29, 2024

Victim Details

Samuel Taylor

Male

Black / African American

Jackson

MS

2024-11-29

18

Samuel

Taylor

07/12/2026

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In the heart of winter, a young life was tragically cut short in Jackson, Mississippi. Samuel Josiah Taylor, a 17-year-old male, was killed on Friday, November 29, 2024. The promising young man, born on December 29, 2006, was just a month shy of his eighteenth birthday. While his obituary lists his age as 17, other sources tragically memorialize him as an 18-year-old victim of gun violence.

The circumstances of Samuel's death unfolded on Fairfax Avenue, where he was found shot to death. T ...
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  • https://www.wlbt.com: Teen arrested after deadly Jackson shooting; 18-year-old wanted
  • https://www.wlbt.com: Police investigating after body found in burned car in South Jackson
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