Four days into 2024, 14-year-old Eugene Kelly was found in his front yard on Nimitz Street in Jackson, Mississippi with a single gunshot wound. Emergency crews transported him to the Mississippi Medical Center, where he died; his death was reported as the city’s first homicide of the year. Witnesses said multiple shots were fired and a red vehicle fled the area, and police described the incident as a drive-by shooting.

The Jackson Police Department later arrested a 17-year-old male and charged him with murder; the investigation was reported as ongoing. A community visitation for Eugene was held later that month.

If anyone saw a red vehicle in the Nimitz Street area on January 2, or has information about the shooting, please share what is known with the investigators.