On October 16, 2019, at about 1:16 p.m., officers responding to a 911 report found 33-year-old Darrell Anthony Russ of Hyannis lying on the ground at 362 Yarmouth Road. He was transported to Cape Cod Hospital, where he died of his injuries. An autopsy determined the cause of death to be three gunshot wounds and the manner of death was ruled a homicide. Witnesses described a bloody scene with the victim partially on the sidewalk.

Darrell Russ was remembered as a generous person with a bright smile who grew up in Hyannis and played football at Barnstable High School, graduating with honors. The Barnstable Police and Massachusetts State Police detectives from the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office led the investigation and identified a suspect.

On November 1, 2019, 38-year-old William Hayes of Falmouth was arrested in Yazoo, Mississippi, on a fugitive warrant for murder and later extradited to Massachusetts. He was arraigned in Barnstable District Court on one count of murder and one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and ordered held without bail. If anyone knew Darrell or saw activity around Yarmouth Road that afternoon, please share what was seen.