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Teletha Burks

Case from Jackson, MS dated Mar 24, 2016

Victim Details

Teletha Burks

Female

Black / African American

Jackson

MS

2016-03-24

37

Teletha

Burks

07/05/2026

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On the evening of March 24, 2016, a tragic event unfolded at a Jubilee gas station on Highway 80 in Jackson, Mississippi, that ended the life of 37-year-old Teletha Burks, a Black female. Burks was sitting in the driver's seat of her small SUV near the gas pumps when she was involved in an altercation with a man. The confrontation escalated, and the man shot her multiple times through the driver's side window.

Emergency services were called to the scene at approximately 7:06 PM. Burks rec ...
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