Nobody in south Jackson could have seen a Saturday night ending like that. Keyana Weathersby, just 25 years old, was inside her home on Queen Alexandria Lane with her baby boy, Camari Givens — only 2 years old — and her older sister Erica, 30. By the time the night was done, all three of them were dead, each one killed by multiple gunshot wounds. Three people. One house. One night. Gone.
Jackson Police Department got the 911 call at around 10:10 p.m. reporting an aggravated assault in the 300 block of Queen Alexandria in south Jackson. Officers rushed to the scene, and when they got inside that home and saw what had happened, there was nothing left to do but call the coroner. Hinds County Coroner Jeramiah Howard confirmed the identities and the brutal details — Keyana took multiple gunshots to the head. Little Camari, just 2 years old, was shot in the head, the face, and the arm. Erica was shot in the head, the upper torso, and her extremities. Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney didn’t mince words when he called it a “horrifying and vile crime.”
Keyana was a young mother doing what young mothers do — raising her little boy, spending time with her sister. Camari was barely old enough to talk, barely old enough to understand the world around him, and he never got the chance to grow into it. Erica, her big sister at 30, was right there with them that evening. Nobody in that house made it out. Whatever happened on Queen Alexandria Lane that Saturday, it stripped a family of three people in one night.
The grief that hit Jackson after the news broke was real and raw. Tributes started pouring in almost immediately across social media, with people who knew Keyana and Erica talking about how kind they were, how much they loved their family, and how none of this made any sense. For neighbors in that south Jackson community, it was the kind of night that changes a street forever. You don’t forget hearing that a toddler and two women were murdered inside a home a few doors down.
Investigators are still working the case hard. Detectives have been processing evidence and talking to witnesses, trying to piece together exactly what went down and why. So far, no motive has been announced publicly. What they do have is a lead — a red 2020 Mitsubishi Mirage with Mississippi license plate HSI 205 that they believe is connected to the shooting. That vehicle has not been recovered, and the suspect or suspects connected to it are still out there.
Police are urging anyone who spots that red Mitsubishi Mirage to stay back and call law enforcement immediately. Do not approach it. Even small tips, investigators say, could be the break that brings justice for Keyana, Erica, and baby Camari. Crime Stoppers is also accepting information for anyone who wants to remain anonymous.
Three lives snuffed out on one quiet Saturday night in south Jackson. A 25-year-old woman. A 30-year-old woman. And a 2-year-old little boy who never stood a chance. As Jackson mourns this devastating loss, the only thing that family has left to hold onto is the hope that somebody out there knows something — and that they care enough to make that call.
