Patrick Lavaris Snow, 46, was found dead from a gunshot wound in his vehicle on Barnes Avenue in Bassfield, Mississippi, on the evening of December 19, 2023. The Jefferson Davis County Sheriff’s Department responded to a shooting call about 9:05 PM and investigators treated the death as a homicide.

Friends and family described Mr. Snow as a devoted father, a Dallas Cowboys fan and a member of Holisday Creek Baptist Church in nearby Carson. Two days later, on December 21, 2023, a 26-year-old Bassfield resident named Laquilla Owens turned herself in to the Sheriff’s Office and was charged with Snow’s murder. The circumstances and motive behind the shooting remain under investigation.

If anyone in Bassfield knew Patrick Snow or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know with the Jefferson Davis County Sheriff’s Office.