Bryan Harris was 20 when he was shot and killed in Olive Branch, Mississippi on the night of Friday, March 22, 2019. The shooting happened during a heated altercation in the parking lot of a banquet hall in the 9700 block of Goodman Road. Harris was struck once in the chest, taken to a nearby hospital, and pronounced dead despite medical efforts.

Police described the scene as chaotic and said several people were present; witnesses provided accounts of the argument that led up to the shooting. Investigators quickly identified a primary suspect and obtained a murder warrant for 21-year-old Tyease Kiosh Lofton of Southaven. Authorities described Lofton as an African American male, 5 feet 8 inches, about 132 pounds, with large neck tattoos, and asked the public to contact the Olive Branch Police Department or DeSoto County Crime Stoppers with information.

If anyone knew Bryan, was at the banquet hall that night, or has information about Lofton’s whereabouts, please come forward.