Quadarius Jevon Draeshawn Trotter was a 28-year-old Black man known to friends and family as loveable, caring, and respectful. Known to some as 2 pooh, he was the father of one child. His life ended on the evening of July 26, 2021, during a violent confrontation on a residential street in Meridian, Mississippi.

According to police and scene video, the incident began about 6:32 p.m. at a home on 42nd Street when Trotter was being chased by a pitbull. He shot the dog, which then ran away. Shortly afterward the dog’s owner, 30-year-old Brandon Dean, came out of his home and shot Trotter several times. Emergency responders pronounced Trotter dead at the scene. Meridian Police detectives detained Dean at the scene, charged him with murder that night, and booked him into the Kemper County Jail with bail set at $1.2 million.

Investigators sought any prior incidents between the men and additional video to clarify the sequence of events. If anyone knew Quadarius Trotter, his routines, or witnessed what happened on 42nd Street that evening, please share information with Meridian Police.