On the night of October 25, 2022, 21-year-old Delronta Tyler was fatally shot while riding as a passenger in a vehicle at the intersection of Colonel John Pitchford Parkway and Highway 61 in Natchez, Mississippi. The shooting occurred at about 11:15 p.m. when an unidentified vehicle pulled alongside and gunfire erupted. The driver, Troy Jones, was also struck and taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries; Tyler was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The Natchez Police Department opened an investigation, but no motive or suspect identity has been released publicly and no arrests have been reported in the material available. The case is being treated as an unsolved homicide.

If anyone was at that intersection that night or has information about the vehicle that pulled alongside, please come forward to assist the investigation.