The call came in as a single-car crash on Highway 12 West near Sallis, Mississippi, late on January 22, 2023. When the Attala County deputies and EMS arrived, they found 23-year-old Ricky Webster Jr. dead from gunshot wounds, not from the crash.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation took over and closed that stretch of road to search for evidence. It's about three miles from the Holmes County line.

A crash that turns out to be a shooting raises obvious questions: was Ricky shot while driving, or did someone pull up on him after he went off the road? No suspect or arrest has been announced. If you drove Highway 12 that night, MBI is still looking for witnesses.