Elvin Butler was 38 when he was shot and killed while seated in a chair in a friend’s yard in Jackson, Mississippi, on the evening of May 7, 2017. A man approached and opened fire, fatally wounding Butler in what neighbors described as a brazen attack. The shooting was recorded as the city’s 24th homicide that year.

The Jackson Police Department investigated and identified a suspect, Charles White, who was taken into custody in connection with Butler’s death. Authorities and people who knew Butler reported that the motive for the shooting remained unclear.

If anyone has information about Butler, the shooting on May 7, 2017, or the events that led up to it, please come forward.