Cartravious Dontrae CJ Brown Jr. was seven years old when he was killed by gunfire on the afternoon of October 11, 2021, in the parking lot of a laundromat in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He was a second-grade student at Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School and described as joyful, inquisitive, and fond of football and video games. A 28-year-old man was also wounded in the same shooting.

The Clarksdale Police Department identified and arrested three suspects. Two men, 21-year-old Jontavious Smith and 28-year-old Kadarius Thomas, were charged with murder. A third man, 28-year-old Brandon Washington, was arrested on charges of accessory to murder and possession of a weapon by a felon. Jail records show Smith and Thomas were indicted by a grand jury; Thomas was listed as a state inmate and Smith’s case was transferred to circuit court.

Does anyone have information about the events at the laundromat that afternoon or about the men who were arrested?