Keyshawn Bennett, a 26-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in Greenwood, Mississippi on September 3, 2023. The shooting took place at the David Jordan Apartments after Bennett and another individual arranged to meet with an 18-year-old; police described the encounter as a drug transaction that turned violent. Bennett was pronounced dead at the scene.

Greenwood Police Chief Terrence Craft described the incident as a drug deal gone bad and the city’s police department opened a homicide investigation. Reports note the meeting and subsequent gunfire but provide few public details about what precipitated the shooting or the sequence of events inside the apartment complex.

If anyone witnessed the meeting at David Jordan Apartments on September 3 or has information about the people involved, please share what you know with Greenwood law enforcement.