Just before midnight on January 30, 2023, gunfire was reported in the 800 block of Speed Street in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Officers found two 15-year-olds with non-fatal gunshot wounds, one to the arm and one to the foot. Shortly afterward police located a vehicle stopped near Clay Street and Mission 66 containing 13-year-old Carleone Woodland Jr., who had suffered a single gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to Merit Health River Region Medical Center and pronounced dead.

The Vicksburg Police Department opened a homicide investigation that led to the identification and arrest of three initial suspects: 19-year-old Koury Demichael Lawrence and two 15-year-olds, Phillip Lewis Moore Jr. and Demetrius Lee Cormier, each charged with first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated assault. Nearly a year later, on January 19, 2024, 17-year-old Demarcus Quinterious Wilson was arrested and charged with murder and three counts of aggravated assault; he was arraigned with bond set at $3.5 million and bound over to the Warren County Grand Jury.

Some pretrial developments: Lawrence remained in Warren County Jail and had his bond reduced from $500,000 to $100,000 in January 2025 after prosecutors reported they had not yet received the complete case file; while incarcerated he was also accused of assaulting another inmate and was sentenced to seven years for violating probation on a prior charge. Who has information that could help clarify what happened that night?