A fatal shooting at a Kosciusko, Mississippi home in the early hours of July 20, 2023, left 21-year-old Jamel Davis dead. Davis, a Black man from the area, was at a residence in the 500 block of West Adams Street when he was shot at about 1:40 a.m. He was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Attala Emergency Department with a gunshot wound and was later pronounced dead.

The Kosciusko Police Department investigated the case and identified a suspect. A 17-year-old from Kosciusko, Jarmarion Thompson, was charged with murder and was to be tried as an adult in Attala County Circuit Court. Few public details are available about the circumstances of the shooting or the relationship between Davis and the suspect.

If anyone was at the West Adams Street residence that night or has information about what happened, please share what is known with investigators.