JSO Corrections Officer Mary Malcom and her family rebuilt the memorial that commemorates the three victims of the racially motivated shooting. (Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX – All rights reserved.)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office corrections officer and her family rebuilt the memorial that commemorates the three victims of the 2023 racially motivated shooting at the Dollar General on Kings Road.
Corrections Officer Mary Malcom regularly drives past the Dollar General after her shifts at the downtown jail.
On August 26, 2023, 52-year-old Angela Carr, 19-year-old A.J. Laguerre Jr. and 29-year-old Jerald Gallion were senselessly shot and killed in the shooting that the Federal Bureau of Investigation declared a hate crime.
Last week, Malcom noticed the memorial had been destroyed, so she decided to rebuild it with the help of her husband and nine children.
Images show extensive damage to memorials that commemorated the victims of the racist 2023 Dollar General shooting. (Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX – All rights reserved.)Images show extensive damage to memorials that commemorated the victims of the racist 2023 Dollar General shooting. (Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX – All rights reserved.)
Malcom told JSO that she had never built a memorial before, but she listened to what her heart compelled her to do.
Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX – All rights reserved.
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