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Taft Weathersby

Case from Jackson, MS dated Feb 10, 2014

Victim Details

Taft Weathersby

Male

Black / African American

Jackson

MS

2014-02-10

24

Taft

Weathersby

07/01/2026

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On a cold winter day in Jackson, Mississippi, the lives of two men were tragically cut short. Taft Weathersby, a 24-year-old male, was killed on February 10, 2014, in a brutal act of gun violence. Another man, 34-year-old Jeremy Forrest, was also killed in the same incident.

The violent encounter that claimed the lives of Weathersby and Forrest unfolded in the state's capital city. Details surrounding the specific circumstances of the shooting have remained scarce in publicly available re ...
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