Carlos McGruder, a 37-year-old Black man from Laurel, was critically wounded in a shooting outside the Holiday Inn on Highway 49 in Hattiesburg on the evening of November 8, 2021. He was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries on November 10, 2021.

The Hattiesburg Police Department upgraded the case to a homicide investigation and identified two suspects from Texas. An arrest warrant for first-degree murder was issued for 21-year-old Trenderrious Brock; he later surrendered in Texas and was extradited to Mississippi and booked into the Forrest County Jail. Authorities also named 20-year-old Juan RaShawn Cole as a primary suspect and issued a first-degree murder warrant for him, asking the public for help locating him.

If anyone has information about the shooting or the whereabouts of Juan RaShawn Cole, please share what is known with investigators.