New Year’s Day 2018 ended in tragedy in Gautier, Mississippi, when a dispute in the front yard of a Westpark Drive home escalated to gunfire. Thirty-year-old Harold Edwards of Mobile, Alabama, and 22-year-old Al Jerome Jackson of Biloxi had gone to the residence of 40-year-old homeowner Willie Campbell Jr. An argument that authorities described as not random turned violent and Campbell fired a gun, wounding both men.

Both victims were transported to Singing River Hospital. Harold Edwards died of his injuries; Jackson survived and was listed in stable condition. The Gautier Police Department arrested Campbell and initially charged him with manslaughter and aggravated assault; those counts were later upgraded to one count of murder for Edwards and one count of attempted murder for Jackson.

What additional information about that night could help clarify why the encounter turned deadly?