On Monday afternoon, March 9, 2026, gunfire in the parking lot of the Graystone Apartments on West Second Street in Yazoo City, Mississippi, left 22-year-old Jeffrey Johnson dead. Emergency responders and police performed life-saving measures on scene, but he was pronounced dead by the Yazoo County Coroner at 1:25 p.m. from a fatal gunshot wound.

A female was also struck during the shooting; her injuries were not considered life-threatening. Yazoo City Police opened an active investigation and identified two 19-year-old suspects, Xzavian Gainwell and Tylan Johnson. Both were taken into custody and charged with murder and are being held at the Yazoo County Correctional Facility as the investigation continues.

Does anyone in Yazoo City have information about what led to the shooting or witnessed events at the Graystone Apartments that afternoon?