{"id":20373,"date":"2013-05-09T14:43:11","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T18:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=20373"},"modified":"2013-05-09T14:43:11","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T18:43:11","slug":"utu-member-murdered-during-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/utu-member-murdered-during-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"UTU member murdered during robbery","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_20375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20375\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20375 \" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: black;border-style: solid;margin: 4px\" alt=\"jerrick_jackson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/jerrick_jackson.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"149\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jackson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Norfolk Southern conductor and UTU member Jerrick A. Jackson, 47, was shot multiple times and killed May 7 in an apparent robbery at his home in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson was a member of Local 1245 in Atlanta and the local has established a memorial fund to assist his family, Local Secretary &amp; Treasurer Jay C. Roy reports. Contributions payable to the Jerrick Jackson Memorial Fund, c\/o Kim Little may be sent to the Jerrick Jackson Memorial Fund, c\/o UTU Local 1245, 75 Biltmore Ln., Dallas, GA 30157.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by the <em>Atlanta Journal Constitution<\/em>, Jackson and his fiance were returning home from a fast-food restaurant around 1 a.m. when they were approached by several males with guns drawn.<\/p>\n<p>After robbing Jackson and the woman of a wallet and purse outside the home, the suspects ordered the couple inside the home, where Jackson and one of the suspects began to fight, according to police. One of the suspects then shot Jackson several times before the suspects left the home.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson\u2019s soon-to-be step-daughter, Anbiya Mitchell, told CBS Atlanta News she had no idea why anyone would want to rob and murder the man she called dad.<\/p>\n<p>She said she was upstairs when she heard her mother and Jackson being forced inside their home. \u201cAt that time, I barricaded myself in my room and call 911,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cI loved him. And I really do consider him a hero because he did protect me from the four guys getting upstairs.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson was the younger brother of Bishop Wiley Jackson, founder and pastor of the Gospel Tabernacle Cathedral. In a statement released May 7, Wiley Jackson asked that those responsible for his brother\u2019s death to surrender.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the young men who committed this senseless act, as a man of faith and a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, I have already forgiven you,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I ask you to turn yourselves in so that you can begin the process of true redemption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy said Jackson was a great person who genuinely cared about others and offered any help he could give. \u201cThat guy was well liked by everybody. Everybody down here is just in shock,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Roy said Jackson hired out with Norfolk Southern in May 2006. He was qualified as a conductor on the Georgia Division, Inman Yard\/North District on Oct. 1, 2006, and has been an active member of Local 1245 in Atlanta since Dec. 1, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>A service will be held for Jackson on Monday, May 13, at 2 p.m. at The Gospel Tabernacle Cathedral at 277 Clifton St. S.E. in Atlanta.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norfolk Southern conductor and UTU member Jerrick A. Jackson, 47, was shot multiple times and killed May 7 in an apparent robbery at his home in Atlanta. Jackson was a member of Local 1245 in Atlanta and the local has established a memorial fund to assist his family, Local Secretary &amp; Treasurer Jay C. 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