In the fading light of a late December evening in Natchez, Mississippi, a violent encounter tragically cut short the life of 16-year-old Jessie Elbert Taylor Jr. On December 29, 2014, the young man was fatally shot in the back on Beaumont Street. Responding to the scene around 9:00 p.m., a Natchez Police Department officer found Taylor lying in the street, still conscious enough to state that two males had robbed and shot at him. He recounted that they had demanded he empty his pockets before op
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