DenJavis ’DJ’ Warren was 18 when he was killed on the evening of February 18, 2021, in Tylertown, Mississippi. His body was found inside a car on the side of Highway 27, just south of the Magee’s Creek bridge; the vehicle showed evidence of multiple gunshot impacts, and an autopsy found a single gunshot wound to his torso.

Walthall County Sheriff’s deputies identified and questioned DeJohn Morgan within hours. Morgan confessed to participating as one of the shooters and named Damarcus Oneal Smith; Smith was located and arrested about two hours after Morgan. Investigators also identified Tobresha Conerly of Tylertown as involved. All three were initially charged with first-degree murder and later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, drive-by shooting, and conspiracy. DeJohn Morgan, then 19, accepted a plea and received a 50-year sentence with 13 years suspended and post-release supervision.

What details about that night or the people involved might help others remember something useful?