Juan Reginald Harvey Jr. was a 19-year-old Black male who was killed in a double homicide on the evening of Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Gulfport, Mississippi. The Gulfport Police Department responded to a shooting call around 5:23 p.m. near Loposser Avenue and Layton Drive. Officers found Harvey inside a vehicle with a fatal gunshot wound. Eighteen-year-old Teraye Preston was found in the roadway with multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.

The shootings prompted an investigation by the Gulfport Police Department and an appeal to the public for information. Family and friends of Teraye Preston held a balloon release in his memory. As of the most recent information, no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and the double homicide remains an open investigation.

Did anyone in the Gulfport area witness the shootings or have information that could help the investigation?