On the early morning of July 30, 2023, officers in Vicksburg, Mississippi, responded to reports of gunfire that led to a homicide investigation. Around 1:30 a.m. Warren County sheriff’s deputies found a wrecked blue Nissan Maxima on First North Street; inside the vehicle was 20-year-old Black male Brendyn Carmen, suffering multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say the shooting likely began several blocks away near the 1600 block of Court Street, after which Carmen attempted to flee and crashed a short distance away. A second person with gunshot wounds to both legs was found on Court Street and taken for medical treatment.

By August 7, 2023, police had identified and arrested 18-year-old Vicksburg resident Larry Bell Jr., charging him with capital murder and armed robbery. Bell appeared before Judge Angela Carpenter in Vicksburg Municipal Court; bond was set at $2 million and the case was bound over to the Warren County Grand Jury, with Bell held in the Warren County Jail as the process continued.

Did anyone in Vicksburg see activity around Court Street or First North Street that night and can help piece together what happened?