On the night of February 11, 2026, Vicksburg police responded to an E-911 call and, at about 11:16 p.m., found a crashed vehicle on Highway 61 South near Demby Drive. Inside the vehicle was 18-year-old Jaylon Walker of Hermanville, Mississippi, who had sustained a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Vicksburg Police Department opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for help as investigators pieced together events surrounding the shooting.

Investigators developed leads that extended beyond Mississippi. On February 21, Vicksburg investigators notified Kokomo, Indiana, authorities that persons of interest might be in Kokomo. Early on February 22, Kokomo police executed a search warrant at a residence; after a brief negotiation, two 18-year-olds, Quintin Wilson and Arkeyveion Stamps, were taken into custody without incident. Both are charged with first-degree murder in Walker’s death and are being held in Indiana pending extradition to Mississippi.

If anyone witnessed the crash on Highway 61 South near Demby Drive on the night of February 11 or has information about Jaylon Walker’s movements that evening, please come forward.