In the spring of 2023, 16-year-old Haeleigh Madison Stamper, a junior at Hancock High School who had been taking college classes and planned to graduate early, was killed in a mass shooting. She died on Sunday, April 30, 2023, after gunfire erupted at an after-prom party on the 1000 block of Old Blue Meadows Road in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi.

Six people aged 15 to 18 were shot that night. Haeleigh and 18-year-old De’Arreis DD Smith, both Hancock High students, later died at a New Orleans hospital; four other teenagers were wounded. Bay St. Louis police identified 19-year-old Cameron Everest Brand of Pass Christian as the sole shooter based on witness and victim statements. He was arrested at his home and charged with two counts of murder and four counts of aggravated assault and was being held without bail at the Hancock County jail. Reports note prior charges that included carrying a concealed weapon, possession of marijuana, and domestic violence.

If anyone attended that after-prom party or has information about the shooting, please come forward and share what was seen.