William Vinson, 27, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the 900 block of North 13th Avenue in Humboldt, Tennessee, late on January 31, 2017. Authorities ruled his death a homicide and said he appeared to have been specifically targeted. His killing was the first homicide in Humboldt in more than two years.

Police noted a possible connection to an earlier shooting that day, about 2:15 p.m. near West Side Grocery, when 24-year-old Mariquiaus Pettigrew was shot. Pettigrew survived and was released from the hospital. Investigators considered the incidents possibly related and potentially gang-related, but no definitive link in Vinson’s case was made public.

The Humboldt Police identified 34-year-old Kenneth Marvin Price as a suspect in the Pettigrew shooting and charged him with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, and unlawful possession of a weapon; Price was reported at large and considered armed and dangerous at the time. No arrests, charges, trials, or convictions have been reported in connection with William Vinson’s murder, and the investigation remained ongoing.

If anyone knew William or saw activity in the 900 block of North 13th Avenue on January 31, 2017, please come forward with information.