Taj’ Jacquez-Armani Carter

On a summer evening in Benton-harbor, MI, tragedy struck 19-year-old Taj’ Jacquez-Armani Carter. On July 21, 2020, the young man, known affectionately as “Nukie” to his loved ones, was fatally shot in the chest while in the parking lot of a Phillips 66 gas station on Pipestone Road. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, a passerby acted as a Good Samaritan, rushing Carter to Spectrum Health Lakeland in St. Joseph. Despite these efforts, he succumbed to his injuries at the hospital, p ...

mlive: Man, 19, shot and killed outside Benton Harbor gas station

Taj' Jacquez-Armani Carter, age 19 - National Gun Violence Memorial