On the morning of December 24, 2019, 17-year-old Aquavious Hines was fatally shot near Roosevelt Street and Pershing Avenue in Indianola, Mississippi. A friend transported Hines to South Sunflower County Hospital but he died from his wounds; his death was recorded as the sixth homicide in Indianola that year.

The Indianola Police Department investigated and initially named two persons of interest. The day after the shooting, December 25, a 16-year-old from Moorhead, Stedarrish Herman, turned himself in to the Moorhead Police Chief and was transported to the Indianola Police Department. Herman was charged as an adult with manslaughter in connection with Hines’s death.

If anyone was in the area that night or has information about what led to the shooting, please share tips with the Indianola Police Department.