Makayla Adams, 20, was killed in a mass shooting on the night of Saturday, April 11, 2026, in Belzoni, Mississippi. She was attending the annual World Catfish Festival on Silver City Road when multiple reports of shots fired drew officers from the Humphreys County Sheriff’s Department and the Belzoni Police Department. When the violence ended, Adams, a Delta State University student and Greenville native, was pronounced deceased; at least four other people were wounded.

Adams was remembered by her former school, King’s Court Christian Academy, as valedictorian of her class and as a bright, kind young woman devoted to her studies and her faith. In the days after the shooting four suspects were taken into custody and charged, each facing one count of murder and four counts of aggravated assault; authorities did not release their names. Motive has not been established and the investigation is ongoing.

Did anyone at the festival see relevant activity on Silver City Road that night or know anything about what led up to the shooting?