Cortez Houston, a 23-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in Jackson, Mississippi, on February 8, 2018. Officers were dispatched after a call around 9:13 a.m. reporting a person lying in the street; Houston was found in the area of Bow Street and Blair Street with a gunshot wound to the head. The Hinds County coroner later confirmed the head wound caused his death.

Witnesses at the scene told investigators a woman had fired the shot. Within hours police identified a suspect; 22-year-old Melsynvia Ward surrendered to authorities later that day and was charged with murder. Relatives told reporters Ward was Houston’s girlfriend and the mother of his 6-year-old child. Ward was reported held without bond. The initial reports did not describe what led up to the shooting or state a motive.

Does anyone have additional information about the events that led to the shooting or about witnesses who were at Bow Street and Blair Street that morning?