Alonzo Shelby was an 18-year-old from Bay Springs, Mississippi, who was shot on the night of Saturday, June 20, 2020, at a state-funded apartment complex on West 4th Avenue. Officers arriving after reports of gunfire found him critically wounded; his injuries proved fatal and his death was recorded as a homicide in Jasper County. Born January 27, 2002, obituary notices describe him as kind and well known in his small community.

Within a day investigators identified and arrested a 16-year-old local, Camron Crosby, charging him with murder in connection with the shooting. Reporting later noted that Crosby did not go to trial on the original murder charge and that he pleaded guilty to manslaughter for his role in Alonzo’s death. Alonzo’s family buried an 18-year-old son and friend, and his name appears in regional gun-violence records and memorial pages.

Did anyone in Bay Springs have information about Alonzo’s life or the events that night that could shed more light on what happened?