Kejuan Williams, 20, was fatally shot in Horn Lake, Mississippi, late Saturday night, June 13, 2026. Officers were dispatched around 11:15 p.m. to a home in the 5200 block of Chickasaw Cove near Warning Road after reports of a shooting; Williams was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting happened inside or near a residence in a normally quiet neighborhood.

Investigators said Williams and the suspected shooter knew each other, but a motive had not been determined in the immediate aftermath. Police described the incident as isolated and said they did not believe there was an ongoing threat to the public. Authorities identified 19-year-old Elijah Avent, booked as Elijah Jeriel Avent, as the suspected shooter; he fled before officers arrived but was later located and taken into custody without incident and booked into the DeSoto County Jail on the morning of Sunday, June 14, 2026, on one count of murder and held without bond. The case remained under investigation.

If anyone in Horn Lake knew Kejuan Williams, Elijah Avent, or saw activity in the Chickasaw Cove area that night, please come forward with information.