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Jaylen Burns Remembered as Stewpot Unveils Mural of Slain JSU Student

JACKSON, Miss.—La’Trice Wright’s voice quivered as she said her son’s name to a group of reporters gathered around her on Thursday, Oct. 10. For brief moments, between interviews with reporters and posing for photos with loved ones, she paused to regain her composure and wipe away the tears that streamed down her face.

It’s been a year since her son, Jackson State University senior Jaylen Burns, was shot and killed after a fight broke out at an apartment complex on the night of Oct. 15, 2023.

Still, the identity of the person who shot him that night remains unknown to the public.

Jaylen Burns, an industrial technology major and member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Jackson State University, was killed while trying to break up a fight at an on-campus apartment complex on Oct. 15, 2023, his father, Jason Burns, said. Photo courtesy Burns family ” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jaylen-Burns_courtesy-the-Burns-family.png?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jaylen-Burns_courtesy-the-Burns-family.png?fit=780%2C520&ssl=1″ tabindex=”0″ role=”button” src=”https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jaylen-Burns_courtesy-the-Burns-family.png?resize=780%2C520&ssl=1″ alt=”Jaylen Burns dressed in a tuxedo” class=”wp-image-36827″ srcset=”https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jaylen-Burns_courtesy-the-Burns-family.png?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jaylen-Burns_courtesy-the-Burns-family.png?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jaylen-Burns_courtesy-the-Burns-family.png?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jaylen-Burns_courtesy-the-Burns-family.png?resize=24%2C16&ssl=1 24w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jaylen-Burns_courtesy-the-Burns-family.png?resize=36%2C24&ssl=1 36w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jaylen-Burns_courtesy-the-Burns-family.png?resize=48%2C32&ssl=1 48w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jaylen-Burns_courtesy-the-Burns-family.png?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jaylen-Burns_courtesy-the-Burns-family-1024×683.png?w=370&ssl=1 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jaylen-Burns_courtesy-the-Burns-family-1024×683.png?w=400&ssl=1 400w” sizes=”(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px”>Jaylen Burns, a senior at Jackson State University, was shot and killed while trying to break up a fight at an apartment complex on Oct. 15, 2023. Photo courtesy of Jaylen Burns’ family

Initially, witnesses told Burns’ father, Jason Burns, that his son had stepped up in an attempt to quell the altercation and was shot in the melee, the father explained during an interview with ABC 7 Chicago last October.

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“He wasn’t a violent kid. He didn’t know anything about guns or fighting or gangs, you know, anything about that,” Jason Burns said at the time. “He just—I don’t know, I never felt like this before in my life.”

Months after the high-profile shooting, police arrested and then released two suspects who they said they believed were connected to Jaylen Burns’ death. A mountain of surveillance video, witness accounts and public

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