On the night of April 4, 2021, Thomas Darrel Bradley, 45, was driving a U-Haul along the 100 block of Archer Avenue in south Jackson when neighbors heard several gunshots and then a truck crashing into a nearby home. The U-Haul tore through the side of the residence, into the entertainment room, scattering debris into an adjacent bedroom. No one inside the house was injured; the family returned to find the truck lodged in their living space and the yard taped off.

Officers found Bradley slumped behind the wheel; he had been shot multiple times and was declared dead at the scene. The Hinds County coroner ruled the death a homicide by gunfire. Witness reports of gunfire before the impact helped establish that Bradley was wounded while driving and then lost control, but accounts do not explain why he was targeted.

Detectives soon named a man, Mark Trotter, as a suspect and appealed to the public for tips about who fired on the truck. What is still needed is any information about who witnessed the shooting or saw activity on Archer Avenue that night; anyone with tips is asked to come forward.