UPDATE: A vigil in honor of James Shearer will take place at 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, on the Gibbs-Green Pedestrian Walkway.
Jackson State University mourns the untimely death of James Shearer, a senior political science major from Jackson. Shearer was a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard and was active in the Student Government Association, JSU’s Army Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) and Reformed University Fellowship. He passed away Sunday morning.