Bryson Horne Wash was a 20-year-old Black man from Brandon, Mississippi, a recent high school graduate, former athlete and father who was killed on the morning of April 23, 2024.

Witnesses at the home reported a small white Honda Accord speeding away immediately after the shooting. Two people, both 20, later went to the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office to give statements about an altercation with Bryson; multiple firearms were recovered from their vehicle. Ryan Scott Duette was arrested and charged with murder with bond set at $500,000, and Lainey Bella Ingle was charged with felony accessory after the fact and released on $50,000 bond.

Bryson’s death came 29 days after his 14-year-old brother, Cameron Horne-Crook, was shot and killed in a neighboring county; investigators are looking into any links between the two killings. If anyone has information about what happened that morning or saw the white Honda Accord, please come forward.