Leotha Kincaid Ashford, 42, was shot at about 8:40 p.m. on December 19, 2024, at the Hannah Heights Apartments in Ethel, Mississippi. He was taken to Baptist Hospital Attala Emergency Department and pronounced dead at 10:04 p.m.; his body was scheduled for autopsy at the Mississippi State Crime Lab.

The Attala County Sheriff’s Department opened an investigation and asked the public to help identify two people they wanted to speak with. Those individuals were named as 46-year-old Timothy James Potts and 23-year-old Brittani Paige Raney, both from McCool. By December 23, 2024, Potts and Raney had been taken into custody. Potts was charged with murder and Raney was charged with accessory after the fact.

The facts reported so far focus on the timeline of the shooting, the arrests, and the charges; investigators say the probe into what happened that night is ongoing. If anyone knew Ashford, was at Hannah Heights that evening, or has information about the events leading up to the shooting, please come forward.