Homicide of Eddie Nelson Jr.
| Homicide of Eddie Nelson Jr. | |
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 Victim Eddie Nelson Jr. | |
| Location | Muscogee County Jail, 700 E 10th St, Columbus, Georgia, USA |
| Coordinates | 32°27′50″N 84°59′01″W / 32.4639394°N 84.9835128°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. |
| Date | September 5, 2020 |
Attack type | Homicide |
| Victims | Eddie Nelson Jr., white male |
| Assailant | Jayvon Hatchett, black male |
Jayvon Hatchett | |
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Background[edit]
On August 25, 2020, 19-year-old black male Jayvon Hatchett stabbed an AutoZone employee because he "felt the need to find a white male to kill" after "watching Facebook videos of police shootings."
Incident[edit]
On September 5, 2020, Hatchett's white cellmate Eddie Nelson Jr. was found beaten to death in their cell.[1] Hatchett is suspected in the killing.
See Also[edit]
- Stabbing of white AutoZone worker by black male looking for white male to kill
- List of black on white violent crimes
