On May 22, 2020, 26-year-old Evander Holmes was shot and killed on Underwood Street in Derma, Mississippi after a confrontation that began as an argument. According to accounts, Holmes and another man, Anthony Prescott, fought; Holmes allegedly struck Prescott in the head with a firearm, which discharged and struck Prescott in the neck. A third man, Julian Boyd, is said to have picked up the gun and fired, striking Holmes in the neck. Holmes died of his wounds and Prescott was hospitalized.

Law enforcement arrested Julian Boyd and charged him with murder; a judge set bond at five hundred thousand dollars.

Did anyone in Derma witness the argument or the moments immediately before the shooting?