On April 20, 2021, 18-year-old Teraye Preston was shot and killed in Gulfport, Mississippi, in a violent incident that also killed 19-year-old Juan Reginald Harvey, Jr. The shooting occurred near Loposser Avenue and Layton Drive. Police found Harvey deceased inside a vehicle from an apparent gunshot wound and located Preston in the roadway with multiple gunshot wounds; Preston was taken to a local hospital and later died.

Family and friends remembered Preston as kind-spirited and loving, a talented drawer who enjoyed video games. He was the fifth of nineteen siblings; more than 100 loved ones later gathered to release black and blue balloons, his favorite colors, in his memory. The Gulfport Police Department opened a double-homicide investigation but described the case as still brand new and provided no immediate updates. No arrests or suspect identifications have been publicly reported.

What information about that afternoon or the people involved might help bring answers to Preston’s family and the community?