Michael Mikey E. Hughes, 23, was killed by gun violence on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, in Summit, Mississippi. His death was announced by Hartman-Jones Funeral Home in McComb. Friends and family remembered him as loving, caring, the life of the party, and full of life; he attended North Pike High School and worked as a metal building hand.

Investigators say an altercation between Hughes and 20-year-old Martell Williams of McComb escalated and resulted in the fatal shooting. Williams was arrested on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, by the Pike County Sheriff’s Department with assistance from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and the Mississippi Department of Corrections and booked into the Pike County Jail. He was charged with first-degree murder and the case was expected to be presented to a Pike County Grand Jury. No further details about a trial or conviction have been released.

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