On the evening of May 25, 2021, 21-month-old Dailee Hammond was fatally shot while riding in a vehicle on Champagne Street in the Rising Sun community of Sidon, Mississippi. The family’s car was struck by gunfire; a bullet killed Dailee and three other children plus an adult woman who were in the vehicle were hospitalized.

The Leflore County Sheriff’s Department opened an investigation and arrested two suspects from Greenwood. The men identified in the case are Jakiran Fiffer and Milton Hancock, who were taken into custody in connection with the shooting that killed Dailee.

The community was left mourning a toddler whose life was cut short by an act of violence. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to come forward.