Man arrested for January 2021 homicide of transgender woman

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson police arrested a suspect in the shooting death of 30-year-old Dominique Jackson. Branden McLaurin, 25, has been ... Skiptocontent UPDATE:2/12/2021 JACKSON,Miss.(WJTV)–Jacksonpolicearrestedasuspectintheshootingdeathof30-year-oldDominiqueJackson. BrandenMcLaurin,25,hasbeenchargedinconnectiontothecrimethathappenedonRoseStreetandGrandAvenueinJanuary2021. Readthepreviousstorybelow. JACKSON,Miss.(WJTV)–TherehasbeenapushtoclassifyoneofJackson’s13homicidesasahatecrime.Lastmonth,atransgenderwomannamedDominiqueJacksonwasfoundshotandkilledinhercar. AfriendofJackson,ShamekaMiller,saidshedoesnotwantthiscasetobeforgotten.SincethehomicideonJanuary25,therehasnotbeenanymovementinthecase. Millerbelievestheonlyreasonshewaskilledisthatshewastransgender. “Overthecourseoftime,we’vehadmultipletransgendercrimesthroughoutourcity,anditseemstomethattheCityofJacksonisignoringthose,andthey’reperformingdirectdiscriminationinthat,anditconcernsmeandtheLGBTcommunityitself,”statedMiller. OfficerSamBrown,thespokespersonfortheJacksonPoliceDepartment,saidthereisnoevidencetosupportahatecrimerightnow.InthestateofMississippi,hatecrimelawdoesnotmentionsexualorientationorgenderidentity. Millersaid,“Wehavetodosomething.Wehavetodoitnow.We’recallingonstaterepresentativesheretodowhattheyshould.Therearesomethingsthatwesitbackandwatchourgovernmentandourcityleaderstalkabout,andwearelookingforaparticularsituationastowhatisapriorityinourcity.Wehavetoprioritizewhatwe’regoingtochange.” Atthistime,theinvestigationforJacksonisstillongoing.FamilyandclosefriendswillhaveamemorialserviceforheronSunday. MoreStories LegoartistlookstopreserveworksofJacksonlandmarks JACKSON,Miss.(WJTV)-Theartistbehind"KeepBuildingJackson"hopestohavehisworkpermanentlydisplayedinthecity.However,heneedshelpfromthecommunity. Foryears,ScottCrawfordhasputtheCityofJacksonondisplayinLego-formduringtheholidays. ReadtheFullArticle Video Jackson’scityengineeraddressesincreaseinwater,sewerrates JACKSON,Miss.(WJTV)-Underthebipartisaninfrastructurelaw,$15billionwillbeusedtoreplaceleadpipesacrosstheUnitedStates.Mississippiisexpectedtoget$75millioninfederalfunding. FortheCityofJackson,thefundsmaybejustadropinthebucketforitsaginginfrastructure. ReadtheFullArticle Video MadisonCountySchoolsincreasesecurityafterTikTokschoolthreat MADISONCOUNTY,Miss.(WJTV)-LawenforcementandschoolsnationwideareonhighalertamidanapparentTikToktrendthreateningviolencenationwideonFriday. TheMadisonCountySchoolDistrictheightenedthepresenceoflawenforcementatitsschools,includingGermantownHighSchool. ReadtheFullArticle Video TopStories Pelahatchiewomanaccusedinmurder-for-hireplotdeniedbond JimHillHighSchoolmovestovirtuallearningduetoCOVID-19 Video MBIinvestigatingdeputy-involvedshootinginScottCounty Video Hazlehurstwomanarrestedinconnectiontodeathofboyfriend Video StormTeam12:Showers&StormsforSaturday Video SaintsheadcoachSeanPaytontestspositiveforCOVID-19 911newcoronaviruscases,3additionaldeathsinMississippi BondrevokedforAdamsCountywomanaccusedofkillingboyfriend Video ‘CoachPrime’lookstoaddbowlwintoconferencetitle Video $17millionawardedtoMississippischoolmealprograms Video JonesCountymother,boyfriendchargedwithcapitalmurderin2019deathofinfant Video TSAexpectsthese4daystobebusiestoftheseason Readmorestories MoreStories RepairstoWarrenCountyHealthDept.estimatedat$300K Video MDOTsuspendsworkfor2021Christmas,NewYear’stravel Video FiveMississippiuniversitiesreceivegrantstoenrollmorefutureteachers Video MississippimanpleadstopointinglasersatMemphisplanes Video Readmorestories TrendingStories Hazlehurstwomanarrestedinconnectiontodeathofboyfriend Video MBIinvestigatingdeputy-involvedshootinginScottCounty Video TeenarrestedindeathofpregnantwomansuspectedinseveralJacksonhomicides Video JonesCountymother,boyfriendchargedwithcapitalmurderin2019deathofinfant Video MadisonCountySchoolsincreasesecurityafterTikTokschoolthreat Video ✕ ×CloseAd