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James Cox

Case from Jackson, MS dated Apr 16, 2021

Victim Details

James Cox

Male

Black / African American

Jackson

MS

2021-04-16

27

James

Cox

07/14/2026

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James Cox, a 27-year-old man from Jackson, Mississippi, was killed in a shooting at a home on Pinebrook Drive on April 16, 2021, one of three lives taken there in a single burst of violence. Local coverage later identified him more fully as James Charles Cornelius Cox and placed him firmly in the fabric of the city, noting that he was remembered by name in his hometown paper and that he worked for his father, a detail preserved on an online gun violence memorial page created in his honor.
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  • WAPT: JPD investigates six homicides in 24 hours
  • WJTV: Jackson police investigate triple homicide on Pinebrook Drive
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    I’ve been following the tragic case of James Cox and the others from Pinebrook Drive and am struck... ...Read More
    10/06/2023
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    I was reading through the details of the triple homicide on Pinebrook Drive and one aspect that real... ...Read More
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