An 18-year-old identified as Kwesi Kagekogel Hill Jr. was fatally shot in Columbus, Mississippi, on the evening of October 14, 2016. Police were called to 17th Street and Fourth Avenue South at about 8:30 p.m.; Hill had been taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in a private vehicle and later died of his injuries.

Investigators quickly focused on a vehicle seen leaving the scene. A Lowndes County deputy stopped that car on Brooks Road and detained the driver, 25-year-old Eric Lamar Brewer, recovering a handgun. Police determined the shooting was not random and that Brewer and Hill were known to each other. Brewer was charged with murder and held on $250,000 bond.

In May 2021 the indictment was resolved when Brewer pleaded guilty to manslaughter and received a ten-year sentence followed by five years probation. The motive for the shooting has not been publicly disclosed.

Does anyone have information about Hill’s movements or acquaintances on the night of October 14, 2016?