On the night of September 14, 2022, Mashonna S. Dunnigan, a 44-year-old Black woman, was killed in Brookhaven, Mississippi, when a stray bullet struck her while she was driving on South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Her son was in the car with her and was not injured. Brookhaven police answered calls of shots fired just after midnight and found Dunnigan’s vehicle stopped by a convenience store where first responders discovered her.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is assisting the local department and authorities are treating the death as a homicide. Investigators believe Dunnigan was not the intended target but an innocent bystander, and searches of the area were conducted for shell casings and other evidence. Police say they have suspects but no arrests have been made, and they report community reluctance to cooperate.

If anyone has information about the shooting or saw activity on South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive that night, please share what is known with investigators.