Keilyn Royale John Cessna, a 14-year-old Black male known by the nickname 2 Key, was shot while walking in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in the overnight hours of Monday, September 7, 2020. First responders found him with critical gunshot injuries; he was taken to a local hospital and later died of those injuries. The community honored him with hundreds of candles on an online gun violence memorial page.

The Vicksburg Police Department opened an investigation after the shooting. Local news reports at the time stated that officers identified and took a suspect into custody shortly after the incident, though those reports did not provide the suspect’s name or the specific charges in the immediate aftermath.

What information do readers in Vicksburg have about Keilyn’s life or the circumstances that night that could help clarify what happened?