On May 20, 2018, gunfire erupted inside Tootsie’s Spot, a nightclub in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Jonathan Miller, 26, a Black man from the local community, was killed in the early morning shooting and seven other people were wounded as patrons fled in panic.

Hazlehurst Police, led at the time by Chief Byron Swilley, opened an extensive investigation that involved processing a complex crime scene and interviewing numerous witnesses. Authorities later identified suspects and two men, Demarcus Edwards and Montrell Johnson, surrendered to police and were arrested. Both were charged with one count of murder and multiple counts of aggravated assault in connection with the nightclub shooting.

Few public details about trial outcomes or final convictions have been prominent. Anyone who was at Tootsie’s Spot that night or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.