Late on a Saturday night in September 2016 in Itta Bena, Mississippi, a planned robbery described by law enforcement ended in multiple shootings and two deaths. Victim Juan Conrod, 27, of Moorhead was wearing a mask and armed with a gun when he attempted to rob a person who was collecting a debt. An exchange of gunfire followed between Conrod and 21-year-old Lavensky McGee of Moorhead; Conrod fatally shot Lavensky McGee.

As Conrod lay wounded on the ground, Lavensky McGee’s brother, Tyon McGee, allegedly retrieved a weapon and shot Conrod in the head. Two other men, Raphael Luckett and Tavaris Pitts, sustained gunshot wounds to the leg and were taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson for treatment. Tyon McGee was taken into custody and charged with murder, and authorities reported he confessed to shooting Conrod.

Are there readers who knew any of the men involved or who can share details about the night in Itta Bena?