Editor’s Note: The following report talks about domestic violence and may be difficult for some readers. The Office Against Interpersonal Violence within the Mississippi Department of Health maintains a hotline for people experiencing domestic abuse. Those who need help can call 1-800-898-3234 or 601-981-9196.
JACKSON, Miss.—Registered nurse Carlos Collins was arriving at his apartment after work on April 9, 2024, in Jackson, Mississippi, when he was shot to death. Prosecutors allege that his ex-boyfriend murdered him.
At the time of his death, Collins had been separated from his ex-boyfriend, former Jackson police officer Marcus Johnson, for about eight months and had filed multiple protective orders against him, Ashla Hudson, Collins’ mother, told the Mississippi Free Press…