On the afternoon of December 31, 2023, a verbal dispute at the intersection of 7th Street and Leflore Avenue in Clarksdale, Mississippi, escalated into deadly violence. Demetrius Curtis, 36, was shot multiple times and found in the street; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses reported hearing an argument between Curtis and another man just before the gunfire.

The investigation progressed quickly. On January 3, 2024, police arrested 44-year-old James Bryant in connection with the shooting and charged him with murder. At a subsequent bond hearing the judge denied bond because of the nature of the charges, and the case was set to be presented to the Coahoma County Grand Jury for possible indictment. The shooting was one of two homicides in Clarksdale over the New Year’s holiday, raising concern about gun violence in the community.

Does anyone have information about Curtis’s last movements or witnessed the dispute at 7th and Leflore?