J’Mauri Jysha Bumpass

How they died

Suicide

J'Mauri Jysha Bumpass was stopped near the intersection of Old Oxford Highway and Meriwether Drive in the early hours of Dec. 15, 2019, by Deputy Anthony Sharp and Deputy Robert Osborne, who was a trainee at the time. He died a few hours later at Duke University Hospital of a gunshot to the head. Who placed the bullet there is disputed by police and Bumpass' family.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that J’Mauri Jysha Bumpass, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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