On the afternoon of December 2, 2025, deputies and emergency responders went to a Tibbs Road home in Sledge after a 911 caller identified as 82-year-old Mattie Crockett reported she had just shot her boyfriend. Responding crews found 75-year-old James Larry Jr. with a gunshot wound; the Tunica County coroner pronounced him dead at the scene.

Officers found Crockett at the residence and she was taken to a hospital for treatment before being released into police custody. She was booked at the Tunica County Jail and later appeared in court the Wednesday after her arrest, when she was charged with murder and held on $100,000 bond. Jail records also list a charge of possession of a weapon by a felon. The Tunica County Sheriff’s Office continued investigating the domestic altercation that led to Larry’s death.

Did anyone in Sledge or the Tibbs Road area know the couple or have information about what led to that afternoon’s fatal dispute?