Tania Samone Harris was 19 when she was shot outside the Confederate Memorial Building in Greenwood, Mississippi, on the night of Thursday, May 20, 2021. She was taken to Greenwood Leflore Hospital and died in the early hours of Friday, May 21, 2021. Investigators later said she was not the intended target of the shooting.

The Greenwood Police Department’s investigation led to the arrest of 21-year-old Eaven B. Troutman of Greenwood. Troutman was arrested and formally charged with Harris’s murder the Friday evening after the shooting. Officials did not release details about a motive or who the intended target might have been.

If anyone was in the area that night or has information about the shooting or why Harris was present outside the Confederate Memorial Building, please come forward.