Shortly after midnight on Saturday, January 13, 2024, a 911 caller reported someone screaming on North College Street in Grenada, Mississippi. Grenada Police officers arrived at 12:35 a.m. and found 19-year-old Oterious Minor suffering from a gunshot wound. First responders with MedStat Emergency Medical Services transported Minor to the University of Mississippi Medical Center – Grenada, where he later died of his wounds.

The Grenada Police Department opened an immediate investigation. On Monday, January 15, officers arrested a 16-year-old male juvenile within the city limits in connection with Minor’s death; the teen was charged with murder and held in the Grenada County Jail on $250,000 bond. The investigation into the circumstances of the shooting is ongoing.

If anyone witnessed the incident on North College Street or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.