On the evening of December 12, 2021, Gulfport police responded to reports of shots fired at the French Oaks apartment complex at 1228 43rd Avenue. Officers arrived after a 5:44 p.m. call and found 24-year-old Black male Kevon Edwards inside a unit with gunshot wounds; he later died of those injuries.

Witnesses said they saw two men enter Edwards’ apartment shortly before three shots were heard. Bullets struck the dwelling and a nearby vehicle, and investigators described the incident as a targeted act of violence. The Gulfport Police Department opened a homicide investigation, collected evidence, and asked the community for information.

A 16-year-old, Kameron Samije Erving, was later arrested and charged with shooting into a dwelling and shooting into a motor vehicle in connection with the case. Edwards’ death has been noted at local meetings addressing rising gun violence, where his funeral program was displayed alongside others lost to similar violence.

If anyone has information about who entered the apartment that night or saw activity at French Oaks on December 12, please come forward.