Jackie Rose

In the quiet community of Sand Gap, nestled in Jackson County, Kentucky, Jackie Rose, a 61-year-old White male, was a familiar face, known by neighbors as a hardworking and honest man. His life, however, came to an abrupt and violent end on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 1, 2015. On a rural stretch of Chestnut Flat Road, not far from his home, an altercation erupted between Rose and another man, the nature of which remains clouded in the uncertainty of those final moments. The dispute escal ...

Jackie Rose, age 61 - National Gun Violence Memorial