$11,000 reward money offered in investigation

From staff reports

On Monday, Hinds County supervisors approved $1,000 reward money for anyone with information about the armed robbery and murder of Broderick Smith.

Smith, 36, was shot and killed Nov. 19, at the O’Reilly’s Auto Parts store on Livingston Road in Jackson where he worked.

District 1 Supervisor Robert Graham made the motion asking the supervisors to approve the reward bringing the total reward money offered to $11,000. The city of Jackson and CrimeStoppers are offering $2,500 each. O’Reilly’s Auto Parts is offering $5,000.

“It is my experience as a former CrimeStoppers coordinator that someone knows or has information about who committed this heinous crime and they want to help,” Graham said. “CrimeStoppers is an effective tool that should be utilized more to bring criminals in hiding to justice.”

Graham believes the more resources are pooled to increase the reward amount, the more likely Jackson police are to receive credible information that could lead to a quicker arrest of the assailants.