Naya Marlane Jackson was 18 when she died on December 25, 2021, at the Links Apartments on Highway 51 in south Canton, Mississippi. The Canton Police Department received a call about the shooting at 12:01 a.m. and investigators described her death as an accidental shooting.

A 17-year-old male was taken into custody and charged with manslaughter; his name has not been released because he is a juvenile. Authorities said the shooting was not believed to be premeditated, and the district attorney was reviewing the case to decide whether charges should be upgraded.

Naya was born August 21, 2003, and had lived in the Fannin Community and Atlanta before returning to Mississippi to help her grandmother in Pelahatchie. She was homeschooled and remembered for singing, dancing, and family. Who in the Canton area might have information about what happened that morning?