On the evening of September 23, 2024, a dispute on a basketball court at the Hazlehurst Softball Complex in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, turned deadly. Twenty-three-year-old Jaylen Larry, an African American man, was shot multiple times about 7 p.m. after a verbal altercation with another individual. He was taken to Copiah County Medical Center, where he later died of his injuries.

Hazlehurst police identified 17-year-old Jeremiah Wilson as the primary suspect. Wilson voluntarily surrendered to authorities in nearby Brookhaven and was taken into custody; he has been charged with murder. Investigators believe the shooting began with the verbal disagreement on the court, and the Hazlehurst Police Department’s inquiry is ongoing.

If anyone witnessed the confrontation at the Softball Complex that evening or has information about what led to the shooting, please share what you know.