A dispute over a pair of basketball shoes escalated into deadly violence in Gulfport, Mississippi, on June 13, 2021. Seventeen-year-old Caleb Mosley was shot once in the abdomen; the bullet severed an artery in his spine and he died during surgery several hours after the shooting.

The confrontation began as an argument between Mosley and 16-year-old Cassius Vaughn Hanzy about a pair of fake Air Jordan basketball shoes, which turned into a physical fight. Hanzy’s mother intervened and suffered a broken leg. Later that evening Hanzy, driving a black Mercedes-Benz sedan, shot Mosley. Police identified Hanzy as the suspect after Mosley and his father named him; Hanzy initially denied involvement but later confessed when shown hospital video placing him at the scene.

Hanzy was arrested and charged; he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 years, the term consisting of 25 years for manslaughter with a firearm enhancement and five years for shooting at a motor vehicle. The judge called the outcome senseless, noting one young man dead and another facing a lengthy prison term. Did anyone in Gulfport know Caleb or have information about the events that night?