On the evening of September 25, 2016, an argument outside a residence on Alexander Crossing in Olive Branch, Mississippi, escalated to gunfire and left 18-year-old Melik Turner with multiple gunshot wounds. Neighbors reported hearing shots around 11 p.m. and saw two men run from the scene into nearby woods. Turner was transported to Olive Branch Methodist Hospital and later died of his injuries.

Investigators identified two suspects in the city’s first homicide of the year: Alexander Mitchell, who was a student at Center Hill High School at the time and was held at the DeSoto County Jail on a $1 million bond, and Javaree Mason, who initially evaded capture and was described as armed and dangerous before being apprehended and booked into the Shelby County Jail. Police concluded the shooting stemmed from an altercation that escalated.

If anyone witnessed the argument or the men running into the woods that night, please share what was seen or heard.