Taire Jhonte Nelson, a 39-year-old Black man, was killed in a deliberately targeted shooting in Natchez, Mississippi on the night of October 8, 2022. Witnesses and officers say the attack occurred at about 11:45 p.m. outside Zippy’s convenience store on Martin Luther King Drive, when a lone gunman walked down the street and fired more than 20 rounds from an assault-style rifle. Nelson was struck multiple times and died at the scene.

A woman who was in a car with Nelson was also hit but suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Natchez Police described the incident as a targeted homicide and deployed detectives, a K-9 unit, and the SWAT team while urging the public to provide tips. No arrests or suspects have been publicly announced and the investigation remains open.

Did anyone in the Natchez area see activity near Zippy’s that night or have information about who might have carried out this attack?