Guilty Verdict After Double Shooting
Leaves Ex-Girlfriend Dead, Boyfriend Injured
September 11th, 2025
(Jackson, MS) Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announced today that a jury has found 32-year-old Zverian Brent guilty of Second-Degree Murder and Aggravated Assault for the 2022 home-invasion killing of his ex-girlfriend, 26-year-old Terrencia Jackson, and shooting of 31-year-old Henry Perry.
The incident occurred in the early morning hours of June 7, 2022, when Brent forcibly kicked in the carport door of Jackson’s home on Fleetwood Drive in South Jackson. Once inside, Brent proceeded to the rear bedroom where Jackson and her friend, 31-year-old Henry Perry were lying in bed. Brent confronted the pair, and after a brief argument, opened fire, shooting both victims multiple times at close range. Jackson succumbed to her injuries at the scene. Perry, though critically wounded, was able to return fire in an attempt to defend himself and Jackson. He was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment and ultimately survived the attack.
Brent faces a maximum sentence of 40 years for the Second-Degree Murder and 20 years for the Aggravated Assault. Sentencing is scheduled for September 30, 2025.
“Kicking in a door and gunning down a person in their own bed is a shockingly cold-blooded act,” said District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II. “No family should ever have to endure such a tragedy and now the man responsible will answer for this brutal crime.”
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JODY E. OWENS, II