In the summer of 2022 a 20-year-old man was fatally shot in Brookhaven, Mississippi. On the evening of July 12 police were called to a residence at 414 Old Wesson Road around 9:26 p.m. and found Jerrivonte Harris unresponsive on the floor. He had sustained a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lincoln County Coroner’s Office. Friends and family called him Spud.

Brookhaven Police said their investigation was slowed by what they described as a wall of lies and a code of silence among potential witnesses; Police Chief Kenneth Collins publicly urged anyone with information to come forward. Harris’s family, including his uncle Pastor Jerry Kelly Jr., also appealed for help. On August 23, 2022, officers arrested 17-year-old Zetaveion Donlarions Porter at the same Old Wesson Road address and charged him as an adult with murder. The motive for the shooting has not been publicly reported.

If anyone knew Jerrivonte Harris or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know with authorities.