Payton Holmes, a 31-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on May 1, 2020, at a home on Farm to Market Road 1020 in the Jamestown community of Newton County, Texas. Deputies found him deceased after responding to the scene around 10:00 AM. Investigators described the shooting as the culmination of a long-standing feud between two cousins.

Decorrian Cordell Holmes, also an African American man, was charged with murder. He turned himself in at the Jefferson County Jail on May 8, 2020, was booked into the Newton County Jail, and had bond set at $500,000 at arraignment. The Newton County Sheriff’s Department said the case would be reviewed by the District Attorney’s Office and could be presented to a grand jury.

Payton was described by family as a husband, father and son; he is survived by his wife, Stephany Powers, and their three sons Emerson Payton, Isiah DeAndre and Cairo Nasir. What details can anyone in the area share about the feud that led to this killing?