On the afternoon of May 12, 2026, 22-year-old Jamildrick Hancock was driving home from work along U.S. 49 South in Leflore County, Mississippi, when another vehicle pulled up behind his car and an unknown assailant or assailants opened fire. The bullets caused Hancock to lose control; his vehicle left the roadway, overturned, and struck a telephone pole near a Double Quick gas station. Emergency responders arrived to find Hancock had died of a gunshot wound. He was alone in the car.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol first answered the call shortly after 12:57 p.m., then turned the investigation over to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation when the incident was determined to be a homicide. Hancock, a Sidon resident, was remembered by friends and family as a hardworking young man focused on his future. No arrests or suspect information have been released and the case remains under active investigation.

Did anyone in the Sidon or U.S. 49 South area see a vehicle following Hancock that afternoon or have other information that could help identify the shooter or shooters?