Rashad Sherrod, an 18-year-old cook at a local KFC, was shot on a Sunday evening on West Monroe Avenue in Greenwood, Mississippi. He was flown to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson with life-threatening injuries and died the following Monday morning, the Leflore County Coroner’s office confirmed.

Authorities have opened a homicide investigation but released few details about how the shooting occurred. Immediately after Sherrod’s death no suspects were publicly identified and no arrests had been announced as the investigation continued.

If anyone was in the West Monroe Avenue area that Sunday evening or has information about the shooting or the people involved, please contact law enforcement.