Jerry Taylor

Death by Force

A quiet street in Salem, New Jersey, became the scene of a tragedy on July 12, 2020, when 25-year-old Jerry Taylor, a Black/African American man, was shot and killed. Another man, Lee Andrew Williams Jr., also lost his life in the daylight shooting.

From the outset, the Salem County Prosecutor's Office treated the case as a homicide. Investigators worked to piece together the events of that day, and their efforts suggested that a dispute may have escalated to fatal violence. While it was ...Read More

nj: Police ID 2 killed in daylight shooting in Salem City, where violence is at a ‘crisis level’

Jerry Taylor, age 25 - National Gun Violence Memorial

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