Clifton David Nelson, 41, was shot in the side around 8:30 p.m. on March 24, 2018, while at the Champion Hill Grocery in Edwards, Mississippi. He was taken to a Vicksburg hospital and died of his injuries. Nelson was described as having an energetic personality and a radiant smile.

Investigators focused on a coworker, 50-year-old Willie Bingham, who worked with Nelson on a sanitation crew at Tyson Foods Inc. Bingham surrendered the day after the shooting and, according to the Edwards Police Chief at the time, Torrence Mayfield, admitted to the killing. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation was brought in to handle the case because the victim was the brother of Assistant Police Chief Terrance Crump.

Willie Bingham was charged with murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and was convicted of first-degree murder in Hinds County Circuit Court. Bingham received a life sentence for Nelson’s shooting. Did anyone who knew Clifton notice any tensions at work or elsewhere in the days before March 24, 2018?