On the late afternoon of September 16, 2021, in Yazoo City, Mississippi, 27-year-old Katrina Simpson was killed in an officer-involved shooting that also left a man identified as Timothy Grayson dead. Authorities described the incident as an apparent hostage situation. The county coroner reported Simpson was trying to flee from Grayson when the fatal shots were fired; she was in the driver’s seat and Grayson in the back passenger seat at the time.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation took over the inquiry, and officials have not released full details about what led to the hostage situation or the precise sequence of events during the shooting. No identities of the officer or officers involved have been made public, and there have been no announcements of arrests in connection with either death. Many key facts about how this deadly encounter began and unfolded remain unknown.

If anyone witnessed the incident or has information about what happened that afternoon, please share what is known.