Seventeen-year-old Timothe Montgomery was killed in a shooting at the Trace Ridge Apartments in Tupelo, Mississippi, on a Saturday afternoon in January 2021. Montgomery, a Verona resident, was found inside a car with two other people who had also been shot; the other two victims were taken to a local medical center, while Montgomery died at the scene.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Department said all shots were fired from inside the vehicle. Investigators recovered two firearms from the car and, shortly after the shooting, took a person of interest into custody for questioning. The investigation is described as ongoing.

If anyone has information about what led to the shooting or about activities at the Trace Ridge Apartments that afternoon, please share what is known with investigators.