Seventeen-year-old Cyle Canada, a Central High School student headed for Grambling State University to play basketball with his brother, was killed on the afternoon of Friday, January 9, 2015. The shooting in the Orange Mound neighborhood left Cyle dead at the scene and two other teenagers, 15 and 18, critically wounded and taken to local hospitals.

Police say the violence grew out of an earlier altercation that day at Melrose High School, which later escalated on the street. A makeshift memorial at the scene collected stuffed animals and signs calling for an end to the violence; family and friends remembered Cyle as well loved and full of life.

A witness description led to the prompt arrest of 19-year-old Corey Groves, who was identified by that witness as the shooter and charged with voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, and use of a firearm to commit a felony.

If anyone knew Cyle or saw events that afternoon in Orange Mound, please share what you know.