Kawanza Burns, 26, was fatally shot at about 6:28 p.m. on March 28, 2026, at a residence at 501 N. Edwards Ave. in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Deputies from the Bolivar County Sheriff’s Office, assisting the Mound Bayou Police Department, found Burns with a gunshot wound to the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators arrested 24-year-old Tommy Phillips of Mound Bayou shortly after the shooting. Phillips has been charged with murder and is being held at the Bolivar County Regional Correctional Facility pending his initial court appearance. No further details about motive or the circumstances leading up to the shooting are provided.

Did anyone in Mound Bayou see or hear anything that evening that could help explain what happened?