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Jakari Pearson

Case from Detroit, MI dated Jul 30, 2014

Victim Details

Jakari Pearson

Male

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2014-07-30

8

Jakari

Pearson

06/23/2026

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In the early hours of July 30, 2014, 8-year-old Jakari Pearson was asleep in his bed in Detroit, Michigan, when his life was tragically cut short. A bullet fired from outside his home at the Brewster Homes public housing project penetrated a wall and struck the young boy in the chest. The shooting, which occurred around 1:20 a.m., was not a random act of violence but a calculated act of retaliation.

The day before the fatal shooting, Calvin Mosby, the 28-year-old ex-boyfriend of Jakari's ...
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  • Detroit Free Press: Detroit Free Press - Home
  • 2 charged in 8-year-old Detroit boy's shooting death - ClickOnDetroit
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    I've been following Jakari Pearson's case, and it's so deeply saddening to think about the amount of... ...Read More
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