On the evening of Wednesday, July 16, 2025, Greenville, Mississippi police responded to a shooting at a home in the 700 block of Cotton Drive. Officers found 27-year-old Gervonte Johnson in a hallway with a gunshot wound to the chest; he was taken to Delta Health Systems and later died. Gervonte Johnson was a Black male.

The investigation quickly focused on a family member. Officers identified 21-year-old Santwan Johnson as the alleged shooter; he was arrested and charged with murder and booked into the Washington County Regional Correctional Facility pending his initial court appearance. The circumstances that led to the shooting inside the family home remain unclear.

Does anyone in Greenville have information about that night or knew the family that could help the investigation?