On the morning of July 7, 2019, 29-year-old Earl Jerome Cullum of Eupora, Mississippi, was shot during an altercation at a residence on Highway 182 West in Webster County. First responders arrived about 2:30 a.m.; Cullum was taken to North Mississippi Medical Center and later pronounced dead from his wounds.

Family and friends remembered Cullum as a loving father with a fun, outgoing personality and held a prayer vigil in the days after his death. The Webster County Sheriff’s Department’s investigation led to the arrest of 33-year-old Charles Potts, also of Eupora. Reports say the men were acquainted and that family members were unaware of any prior issues between them. Potts was held without bond and later transferred from the county jail for safety reasons.

Did anyone in the Eupora area know Earl Cullum or have information about the events that night?