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Bradley Lamar ’Brad’ Lackey, 30, was fatally shot in the head at his Meridian, Mississippi, home in the early hours of September 27, 2021. Deputies from the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a possible shooting on Gilbert Joyner Road at about 1 a.m.; Lackey, described as a White man who was a father of two and known for his sense of humor and loving personality, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators identified 16-year-old Jacob Hyde as a suspect. K9 units, helicopters and foot patrols searched the area; Hyde was located that afternoon and taken into custody without incident and charged with murder, with bond set at $1 million. Later, 53-year-old Dawanna Renee Budd was arrested and charged with accessory after the fact; bond for Budd was set at $20,000. Authorities said a possible relationship existed between Budd and Lackey, but a definitive motive had not been established.

Did anyone in Meridian or the Gilbert Joyner Road area know Brad, Jacob Hyde, or Dawanna Budd and see anything that morning?