On May 12, 2024, seventeen-year-old Trenarius Dixon and his classmate La’Shayia Stewart were found dead inside a vehicle on the southbound side of Interstate 55 near the Gallman exit in Copiah County. Both were students at Hazlehurst High School and had sustained fatal gunshot wounds; the car’s windows were reported to have multiple bullet holes. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and the Mississippi Highway Patrol are leading the homicide investigation.

No arrests have been announced and authorities have not publicly identified any suspects. The community held a candlelight vigil and balloon release outside the Copiah County Courthouse, and Trenarius’s funeral was held at Hazlehurst High School on May 25, 2024.

If anyone has information about the shootings or saw anything near the Gallman exit on May 12, please come forward to the investigators handling the case.