Kirby Sherman was 31 when he was shot and killed in Starkville, Mississippi, on the evening of April 4, 2023. Officers responded to reports of shots fired at the Blake Court Townhouses on Louisville Street and found Sherman unresponsive; he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Investigators identified a suspect quickly. On April 5, 2023, with help from the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Fugitive Task Force, authorities arrested 18-year-old Tyshawn Henley of Columbus and initially charged him with capital murder after investigators said the killing occurred during a robbery. In October 2024 Henley, by then 20, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of first-degree murder and received a life sentence. The Starkville Police Chief commented that drugs, cash and guns continue to be factors in such senseless violence in the area.

If anyone has information about Sherman’s activities or the Blake Court Townhouses on or before April 4, 2023, please share what you know.