On March 12, 2021, Bruce Washington, a 20-year-old Black man, and 21-year-old Tawon Jackson were found dead of gunshot wounds inside a vehicle in the East Park subdivision of Lyon, Mississippi. The Coahoma County Sheriff’s Department opened a double homicide investigation.

Investigators identified two local men, Albert Thomas and Trentavious Thomas, as suspects and arrest warrants were issued. Albert Thomas surrendered; a jail log shows Trentavious Thomas was jailed March 15, 2021, on a murder charge with bond set at one million dollars. A Coahoma County Circuit Court docket for the July/August 2024 term lists both men charged with first-degree murder, shooting into a motor vehicle, and intimidating a witness.

Does anyone in the Lyon area have information about what happened that night or about Bruce Washington’s or Tawon Jackson’s movements before March 12, 2021?