On May 26, 2026, at about 1:30 p.m., gunfire erupted at the Walmart Neighborhood Market gas station on Highway 49 North in Gulfport, Mississippi. Twenty-four-year-old Ontario Randle of Moss Point was found inside a vehicle with a single gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. Shaquari Smith, 29 and from Gulfport, also died at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds; a third person was critically wounded and taken to a local hospital for surgery.

The Gulfport Police Department’s preliminary investigation indicated the shooting was not random and that those involved knew one another, describing the incident as the culmination of a confrontation. Several people were detained for questioning, but by late May 2026 no shooter had been publicly identified and no murder charges had been announced. The investigation is ongoing.

If anyone was at the gas station that afternoon or has information about the confrontation, please share what was seen or heard with investigators.