Police say an argument broke out between Chhatise Renee Jackson, 30, and McKis’s family members. Officers responded to the house. They assessed the scene, found nothing criminal, and left without making any arrests.
Minutes later, Chhatise came back.
This time, she brought a firearm.
Another argument erupted outside the residence. As Chhatise moved toward her SUV, McKis’s family followed her. She fired rounds into the air. Then she got into the vehicle. Inside that SUV, prosecutors say, were four of her children — children she shared with McKis.
What happened next unfolded in seconds.
According to prosecutors, Chhatise made two attempts to strike McKis with the SUV. The first attempt missed. She turned the wheel, came back around, and hit him.
McKis Bostic ended up pinned between the vehicle and a neighboring house.
“There’s a large commotion,” a Birmingham police spokesperson later said. “Family members were visibly upset because their loved one was just hit, and officers could not get the scene under control with East Precinct officers.”
It became a max officer emergency. More than 25 units responded to that single address. Birmingham Fire and Rescue arrived. Officers from all four precincts were called in. When they got there, they found no evidence the brakes had ever been applied.
At 10:21 p.m., McKis James Bostik was pronounced deceased.
That same day, Chhatise Jackson made a post online. It read: “I don’t feel bad at all.”
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McKis James Bostik grew up in Birmingham. He graduated from Woodlawn High School and went straight into public service with Jefferson County. For years, he worked at the Jefferson County Family Court and Youth Detention Center. People who worked alongside him said he was exactly the kind of person that environment needed — young enough to genuinely connect with the kids inside, grounded enough to hold them accountable.
His coworkers said his humor was one of a kind. Nobody was safe from his jokes, but nobody took offense because it always came from a real place.
The people who loved him called him Keith. On his own social media page, he described himself as a comedian. He was not the type who just showed up to a gathering. He was the reason the gathering was worth attending.
McKis also had a twin brother, Mike Bostic. The two had navigated life side by side from the beginning.
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