D’Aaron Kortez Carter, a 21-year-old Black man, was killed on June 24, 2024, after an ambush-style shooting in Edwards, Mississippi. At about 11:00 p.m. he was a rear passenger in a vehicle on Willie V. Crump Lane when three people dressed in black opened fire. Investigators recovered more than 60 shell casings at the scene.

Carter was struck once in the right torso. He was taken by private vehicle to a Warren County hospital but was pronounced dead there. The shooters left in a silver Honda and have not been identified. The Edwards Police Department says the attack appears to have been targeted, and no arrests have been announced.

If anyone saw the silver Honda that left the scene or has information about the three people in black, please contact the Edwards Police Department.