On December 28, 2021, 22-year-old Jamal Porter was shot and killed in Canton, Mississippi. Porter was sitting in his blue Dodge Charger in the Kingston Place Subdivision around 2:20 p.m. when two gunmen in an SUV opened fire, firing between 30 and 40 rounds from a high-powered rifle and a handgun. The attack occurred as Porter was driving home and left little chance for survival.

The same afternoon and evening saw a string of related shootings across Canton believed to be retaliatory. Two men were critically wounded by gunfire on South Canal Street and a 17-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. Law enforcement from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation led the probe into Porter’s murder while the Madison County Sheriff’s Department handled the subsequent shootings. Authorities have described a feud between rival gangs as the motive. Three juvenile suspects from Yazoo County were captured after a high-speed chase that day; one was reported to be 14. Four people were later convicted for an associated aggravated assault and given 20-year sentences.

If anyone knew Porter, witnessed the attack, or has information about who was involved, please share what is known.