Damien King, 40, was shot and killed on Deer Park Street in Jackson, Mississippi on December 29, 2018. The fatal shooting occurred during the winter of 2018 and left his family grieving amid the city’s ongoing struggles with violent crime.

Investigators identified Montreal Brown as a suspect. Brown was arrested, charged with King’s murder, and tried in court. A jury found Brown guilty of second-degree murder and guilty of aggravated assault; he was sentenced to forty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. An appeal later resulted in a firearm enhancement being vacated, but the murder conviction was affirmed.