Walter James Kyles, a 56-year-old Black man, was found behind an apartment complex at 11th Street and 11th Avenue South in Columbus, Mississippi, on Saturday, September 29, 2018. He had suffered a fatal gunshot wound and his body was sent to the State Medical Examiner’s office for autopsy.

Investigators quickly focused on a suspect known to Kyles. Less than a day after the body was found, 55-year-old Terry Lee Bradford of Washington Avenue turned himself in to the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office and was charged with murder. Police said a prior altercation between the two men escalated into the fatal encounter. Law enforcement met privately with Kyles’s family to notify them of the arrest, and the Columbus Police Chief credited cooperation between the department and the community for the swift identification. The chief also said further charges against other individuals remained possible as the investigation continued.

Did anyone in Columbus know Walter Kyles or have information about the events leading up to that September day?