Joshua Butler, 24, was shot and killed in the early hours of Sunday, March 22, 2026, after a dispute at the Last Call Sports Bar in the 6300 block of Ridgewood Road in Jackson, Mississippi. The fight escalated around 2:30 a.m., and Butler was taken in a private vehicle to a nearby hospital with gunshot wounds; he later died and was pronounced dead.

The Jackson Police Department’s Fourth Precinct, the Robbery Homicide Unit and the Mobile Crime Unit responded and opened an investigation. Officials did not release information about suspects or arrests, and the case remains under investigation with authorities asking anyone with information to contact the Jackson Police Department or Crime Stoppers.

If anyone was at the bar that night or has information about the shooting, please come forward to investigators.