Akshpret Punjab Singh, 23, was shot and killed in McComb, Mississippi on November 8, 2019 after a dispute in a convenience store parking lot. The confrontation involved Akshpret and 42-year-old Ronald Keith Cooper and reportedly escalated from a verbal argument about a gun into deadly violence.

Reports about the legal aftermath conflict. One account says Cooper was arrested and charged with second-degree murder; another says he was released without charges while police investigated whether the shooting was justified self-defense and planned to present the matter to a grand jury. The final outcome of any grand jury review or whether charges were ever filed is not clear. Akshpret’s family believe the argument began with an accusation of theft against Cooper and have described the killing as a hate crime.

If anyone witnessed the November 8, 2019 confrontation or has information about the events that night, please share what is known.