Rico Cartiz Gray, a 26-year-old Black man from Waynesboro, Mississippi, was shot and killed on January 9, 2017. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Department and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations led the inquiry and identified two local suspects the following day. On January 10, 2017, 26-year-old Justin Lee Dearmon and 27-year-old Deanthony Donnel Ray were arrested in connection with Gray’s death.

Both men were formally charged: Dearmon with murder and tampering with physical evidence; Ray with murder, tampering with evidence, and conspiracy to commit a crime. At their January 12, 2017 initial court appearance before Justice Court Judge Charles Chapman, high bonds were set for each count.

Does anyone in the Waynesboro area have information about Rico Gray or the events of January 9–10, 2017?