On the evening of July 11, 2025, a shooting on Soleil Drive in Robinsonville, Mississippi, left three people with gunshot wounds. Tunica County deputies arriving after a 911 call found 30-year-old Nykeria Jude dead at the scene; two other victims, a 24-year-old man and a 6-year-old girl, were critically injured and airlifted for emergency care. The child was later identified as Jude’s daughter.

Authorities quickly identified 41-year-old Markell Braxton of Robinsonville as the suspect and launched a manhunt with local deputies and the U.S. Marshals Service, describing him as armed and dangerous. A few days later his body was found in woods behind the homes on Soleil Drive; investigators believe his wound was self-inflicted. The investigation into Jude’s death was closed and the injured girl was released from the hospital and escorted home by multiple sheriff’s offices to her grandparents.

If anyone has information about the events that night or knew Nykeria Jude, please share what you know.