In the early morning hours of February 6, 2017, four men were shot outside Club 66 on Eleventh Street in Yazoo City. The incident began about 1:30 a.m. and left 32-year-old Jerrandan Allen among the dead. Allen and 35-year-old Gabriel Townsend were critically injured and airlifted to the University Medical Center in Jackson; both later died of their wounds. Two other victims, 36-year-old Edward Johnson and 30-year-old Kevin Johnson, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators quickly focused on a single suspect, 27-year-old Briddell Barber, who was already facing a separate murder charge from March 2016 and was out on bond at the time. Reports say the shooting followed a confrontation after Barber became upset when his girlfriend was getting a ride home from the club with one of the victims, and that three of the victims were shot after being witnesses to that initial dispute. U.S. Marshals apprehended Barber in Jackson later that morning and he was charged with capital murder for the four killings.

Anyone who was at Club 66 that night, or who has information about the events leading up to the shooting, is asked to come forward.