Stephan Nathaniel McCraine, a 44-year-old White male, was shot and killed in the morning hours of Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at the Pine Ridge Gardens Apartments in Jackson, Mississippi.

The Jackson Police Department, assisted by Rankin County deputies and the Brandon and Pearl Police Departments, arrested 23-year-old Curtis Scooter Sawyer later that same day after a pursuit. Sawyer was charged with capital murder and denied bond; he was reportedly out on bond at the time for a 2019 aggravated assault charge. McCraine’s death was one of eight homicides in Jackson during November 2024, a point Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade used to underscore concerns about rising violence.

If anyone has information about the shooting, the suspects, or the events at Pine Ridge Gardens Apartments that morning, please share what is known.