In the early morning hours of June 24, 2021, 27-year-old Jamie Smith Young was shot and killed inside his home on North Matubba Street in Aberdeen, Mississippi. A relative placed the 911 call that brought police to the scene; officers found Young deceased from a gunshot wound. Witnesses at the scene identified an alleged shooter who fled immediately afterward.

Police arrested 24-year-old Terrence Raheem Smith at his residence; investigators reported he and the victim were cousins. Smith was charged with first-degree murder and booked into the Monroe County Jail. In April 2022 a Monroe County grand jury returned an indictment in the case; no trial date had been set at that time. Motive remained unclear in the early stages of the investigation.

If anyone in Aberdeen knew Jamie Young or has information about what led to the shooting, please share what you know.