Clarence Timothy Wade III, 43 and a Benton resident, was shot once in the chest and died from that wound on June 12, 2019, in Yazoo County, Mississippi. The weapon is described as possibly a .22 rifle. A 911 call at 7:20 p.m. reported that Wade had been shot and was being driven to a hospital in Yazoo City in a private vehicle.

Volunteer responders from District 3 and Pafford EMS met the vehicle, provided medical treatment and arranged for a medical helicopter to Jackson. Wade was pronounced dead at the helicopter landing zone near Bus Station Road after efforts to stabilize him for flight.

If anyone knew Clarence, was in Benton or Yazoo County on June 12, 2019, or has information about this shooting, please share what is known.