A New Year’s Day shooting in 2021 left three people dead in an Olive Branch, Mississippi neighborhood. Police found the bodies of Tommi Lynn Carrier, 40, of Hernando, John Lennon Sutherland, 30, of Memphis, and Tyler Glen Liles, 33, of Ellettsville, Indiana, after responding to reports of gunfire near Jefferson Drive and Shiloah Cove around 1:40 a.m. All three victims had suffered multiple gunshot wounds.

Authorities arrested 26-year-old Ivan C. Rodriguez of Cordova, Tennessee, the same day and charged him initially with three counts of first-degree murder. A second person, 21-year-old Dylan Lee Howard of Cordova, was later arrested and charged as an accessory after the fact. A motive for the triple homicide was not publicly released in the immediate aftermath.

Rodriguez was tried and convicted on lesser counts of one count of second-degree manslaughter and two counts of second-degree murder; he received a total sentence of 60 years. Family members spoke at sentencing, with the mothers of two victims seeking a harsher penalty and Carrier’s uncle saying he forgave Rodriguez. Anyone with information about the shooting or who knew Tommi Lynn Carrier is asked to come forward.