A private horse show in the Wall Hill area of Byhalia, Mississippi, ended in gunfire on the night of Saturday, April 11, 2026, leaving 56-year-old Benton County resident Gary Poplar Sr. dead. Deputies and medics arrived between 10:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. and found Poplar deceased at the scene.

Investigators report Poplar had been involved in a verbal altercation with another man shortly before the shooting. That man was identified as 52-year-old Milton Lashon Burton of Byhalia. Burton turned himself in to the Marshall County Jail on Sunday and was charged with murder. He was arraigned in justice court, posted $500,000 bond, and was released. The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office and the Violent Crimes Task Force handled the investigation. This shooting was one of three separate shootings in Marshall County that weekend.

Did anyone attend the Wall Hill horse show or have information about the confrontation between Poplar and Burton that night?