Tyrese Edward Moye was 21 when he was found dead in an empty lot off East Avery Road in Wiggins, Mississippi, on the evening of March 27, 2024. The Stone County coroner determined Tyrese died of a gunshot wound; deputies reported it appeared to be a gunshot to the head and pronounced him dead at the scene.

A 2021 Stone High School graduate and a student at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Perkinston Campus, Tyrese was training in welding and medical billing and coding and was the father of two young sons, Braylon and Ji’yeir. Deputies began a homicide investigation that night, questioned neighbors and processed evidence; their work led to the detention of a person of interest overnight and the subsequent arrests of 21-year-old Zylan Joshua on a first-degree murder charge and 23-year-old Jukriston Thompson on accessory after the fact charges.

If anyone has information about Tyrese’s death, please contact the Stone County Sheriff’s Department at 601-938-7251.