Kristopher Kyle Kittell, 31, was found fatally shot in the early hours of a Saturday morning in mid-May 2021 at a residence on Turner Whittington Road in the Broome community of George County, Mississippi. Deputies from the George County Sheriff’s Office discovered his body after a report of a man with a gun and opened an active homicide investigation.

At the time of his death Kittell, of Lucedale, was facing domestic violence and aggravated assault charges in neighboring Jackson County. He had been released on a $250,000 bond in March 2021; that bond was revoked for undisclosed reasons days before his death, and he died before he could be taken back into custody. Authorities did not release specifics about the shooting, did not name suspects, and reported no arrests in the days following the discovery.

The investigation remains open and details about what led to Kittell’s death have not been made public. If anyone has information about this shooting, please contact the George County Sheriff’s Office or Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers.