Deshauntrall L. Cole, 31, was shot and killed on the evening of February 23, 2022, at the Sunshine Apartments in Magnolia. Cole, a handyman from Summit, Mississippi, had been at the complex to mount a television for a resident when witnesses say he was shot without any apparent argument or altercation.

Authorities identified 36-year-old Sedric Elzie, a Magnolia resident, as the suspect. After the shooting Elzie retreated to his apartment and a standoff with a SWAT team lasted more than two hours before he surrendered and was taken into custody. He was charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; an investigator testified at a preliminary hearing that Elzie showed no remorse and casually walked back to his apartment after the shooting.

Police described the attack as seemingly random and senseless, and suggested Cole may have simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time. If anyone witnessed Cole at the Sunshine Apartments that night or has information about the incident, please come forward.