Calvin Demond Tate was a 41-year-old Black husband, father, and son who was killed just after Starkville, Mississippi, rang in the new year. Shortly after midnight on January 1, 2024, the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office got a call from a residence on Artesia Road. Deputies arrived at about 2:30 a.m. to find Tate suffering from a single gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities arrested 28-year-old Langston Jacques Spencer of Starkville at the home. Officials said Spencer and Tate knew one another but did not release details about what led to the shooting. Spencer was charged with manslaughter and held on $50,000 bond; an indictment by an Oktibbeha County Grand Jury followed. If anyone knew Calvin, his movements that night, or has information about what happened on Artesia Road, please share what is known.