Cortez Hopkins, a 27-year-old Black man, was killed in Jackson, Mississippi, on February 24, 2018, when gunfire was directed into a residence. The attack also grazed another person at the scene. Detectives kept the homicide under active investigation for more than a year without arrests announced publicly.

In October 2019 the Jackson Police Department arrested two men in connection with the case. Marquis Bell, 22 at arrest, was charged with murder; 26-year-old Kadarius Sandifer was charged with evidence tampering and obstruction of justice. Both were initially denied bond. A Hinds County judge later set Bell’s bond at $100,000 after the Mississippi Supreme Court returned the matter to the lower court; Bell posted bail and was released while the case remained unresolved and he had not been formally indicted.

The prosecution’s principal suspect was killed on August 8, 2020, when he was shot and died during an altercation at an apartment complex in Jackson. Does anyone have information that could help clarify who fired into the residence on February 24, 2018?