Late on a November weekend in 2022, a bonfire at Wells Ranch in Yazoo County, Mississippi, ended in gunfire that left 27-year-old Christopher Turnage dead. Turnage, a Yazoo County resident, was among a group gathered for a social dice game when a dispute erupted. Seven people were struck by bullets; Turnage suffered a fatal gunshot wound and was airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, where he died. Other victims sustained wounds to the shoulder, hand and arm, and one woman was critically injured after being shot in the head.

The Yazoo County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation amid the chaotic scene. On November 21, 2022, authorities arrested 25-year-old Johnny Lee House of Camden and charged him with murder in connection with Turnage’s death. Investigators have stated they are considering whether more than one shooter was involved and whether the shooting was retaliatory, possibly linked to a prior murder.

Did anyone at the bonfire or in the area know Christopher Turnage or see what happened that night?