On the evening of July 5, 2022, multiple 911 calls brought Warren County Sheriff’s deputies to a home on Castle Drive in Vicksburg’s Camelot Subdivision. Deputies found 57-year-old Jeffery Young Sr. in his driveway with multiple gunshot wounds; the deputy coroner pronounced him dead at the scene.

Investigators quickly focused on family members. Arrests were made of his 23-year-old son, Jeffery Young Jr., and his 55-year-old wife, Tracie Young. Sheriff Martin Pace said the motive stemmed from a brief argument between father and son over car speakers; the son allegedly went inside, retrieved a gun, and shot his father. Prosecutors charged Young Jr. with first-degree murder; a gun matching the caliber used in the killing was reportedly found in his room and he admitted to the shooting. Tracie Young was charged as an accessory after the fact, accused of lying to investigators to shield her son. Both were indicted by a grand jury in August 2022; bond was set at $1 million for Young Jr. and $500,000 for Tracie Young.

If anyone in Vicksburg has information about that July evening or knew the family, please come forward.