Zavier Armstead was 20 when he was shot dead at Sandhill Arms Apartments in Starkville, Mississippi, on the night of August 15, 2021. Officers from the Starkville Police Department arrived just before 10 p.m. after gunshots were reported. Armstead, a 2019 graduate of Starkville High School and an employee at Ashley Furniture Industry, Inc., was pronounced dead at the scene; a second person was wounded and taken for medical care.

An arrest followed the next day when 20-year-old Benjamin Brownlee Jr. was charged with capital murder in Armstead’s death and attempted murder for the injured victim. Brownlee was later arrested again while out on bond in an unrelated domestic violence matter, and the case proceeded to Oktibbeha County Circuit Court.

If anyone knew Zavier, lived near Sandhill Arms Apartments that night, or has information about the shooting, please share what you know.