Curtis Sirmones Jr., a 36-year-old African American and former football player for Loretto High School and Mississippi State University, was found with a fatal gunshot wound near the porch of a residence on Mockerson Road in Five Points, Tennessee, on July 26, 2016. Lawrence County deputies developed a suspect after responding to the scene. A Five Points resident identified as 30-year-old Yancey Williams admitted to shooting Sirmones during an argument and was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder, held on $400,000 bond.

The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department, the Loretto Police Department, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation all worked the case. The grand jury returned a second-degree murder indictment in December 2016, and the case proceeded to trial in March 2018, during which the jury heard evidence that reportedly included items recovered from an abandoned well in southern Lawrence County.

Anyone with information about Curtis Sirmones Jr. or the events of July 26, 2016, is asked to come forward.