On the evening of May 13, 2026, gunfire in the 1600 block of Fifth Street in Meridian, Mississippi, left 24-year-old Kyle Scarbrough dead. Emergency personnel responded but Scarbrough succumbed to his injuries; the Meridian Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division opened a homicide investigation.

By May 15, 2026, authorities announced three arrests. Twenty-one-year-old Tyree Henderson was booked on charges of murder and possession of a stolen firearm, with bond set at $1 million for the murder charge and $50,000 for the firearm charge. Thirty-two-year-old Angelus Ballou was charged with tampering with physical evidence, bond $50,000. Twenty-year-old Samrien Teachey was also charged with tampering with physical evidence, bond $25,000. Police say the investigation remains active; motive, relationships between the suspects and the victim, and events leading up to the shooting have not been disclosed.

Did anyone in Meridian know Kyle Scarbrough or witness activity on Fifth Street that evening?