# No charges in death of Black Mississippi teen Nolan Wells after grand jury review

https://mins.news/en/item/69100

- CBC News, 2026-09-22 14:34 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/grand-jury-no-charges-nolan-wells-mississipi-death-9.7353498?cmp=rss

> A grand jury concluded there was insufficient evidence to bring charges over the death of Nolan Wells, a Black teenager found dead after a July 4 boating trip off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. Wells’s family quickly challenged the conclusion.

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