On the evening of March 28, 2026, 26-year-old Kawanza Burns was shot in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Deputies responding to a call at 501 N. Edwards Ave arrived about 6:28 p.m. and found Burns with a gunshot wound to the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene. He was known to some by the nickname Mojo.

Authorities arrested 24-year-old Tommy Phillips, also of Mound Bayou, shortly after the shooting. Phillips was charged with Burns’s murder and is being held at the Bolivar County Regional Correctional Facility awaiting his initial court appearance.

What anyone in the community who knew Kawanza or who was in that part of town that evening can add to the record?