Desi Shepherd, 32, was shot during a family altercation at a home on Springdale Drive in Columbus, Mississippi, on the night of July 25, 2020. A U.S. Navy veteran and graduate of Columbus High School who attended Grambling State University, Shepherd was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle but died of his wounds early the next morning.

Authorities quickly identified and arrested the other man involved in the argument, 39-year-old Israel Buckhalter, who was booked into the Lowndes County Adult Detention Center with bond set at $100,000 and charged with murder. A Lowndes County grand jury later returned an indictment that included second-degree murder and two counts of shooting into a dwelling, alleging shots were fired into two residences during the incident.

The case raised several procedural issues when court proceedings began. Does anyone have information about the night on Springdale Drive or knew Desi Shepherd?