On the night of July 1, 2016, a verbal dispute in Union, Mississippi, escalated into gunfire that left 47-year-old Hosey Campbell Jr. dead. The day began with a fight among a group of people that later rekindled that evening on Mason Street. Around 9:30 p.m. the argument turned violent and firearms were used.

Campbell was shot and pronounced dead at the scene by the Newton County coroner. A second victim, 24-year-old Billy Talley of Union, was critically wounded, taken to Laird’s Hospital, and later died from his injuries. A third person suffered nonfatal wounds and was treated and released from the hospital.

Local authorities—Union Police, the Newton County Sheriff’s Office and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation—interviewed more than 20 people and appealed for help, but no arrests were announced and no suspects were publicly identified. Does anyone have information about who was involved that night or saw what happened on Mason Street?