From the Jackson Police Department –

On March 27, 2021 around 1 a.m., Officers with the Jackson Police Department reponded to a shooting at “Mo Zeppy’s Hookah Cafe” located at 80 Federal Drive.

A 22 year-old man, Demethrius Williams, was shot and then transported to Jackson Madison County General Hospital where he died from his injuries.

Investigators were able to develop an 18 year-old man as a suspect, who was 17 years old at the time of the homicide. The suspect was interviewed by investigators and during an interview he admitted to the shooting.

The suspect will be formally be arraigned on Monday, June 7, 2021 in Juvenile Court on a First Degree Murder charge.