On the evening of June 22, 2023, 22-year-old Kyeon Terrell Lyles was found unconscious in the playground area near the pool at Pinebrook Apartments on Pine Knoll Drive in Ridgeland, Mississippi, suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. Bystanders, police officers, and emergency medical personnel rendered aid, but Lyles could not be revived.

Ridgeland police identified 58-year-old Rodney Glenn Taylor of Jackson as the alleged shooter based on eyewitness accounts and initial detective work, and an arrest warrant for murder was issued. The department asked the public for help in locating Taylor through its Criminal Investigation Division and Central Mississippi Crime Stoppers; efforts to find him were reported to be ongoing.

If anyone has information about Lyles that could help investigators or knew him personally, please share what you know with the Ridgeland Police Department.