Timothy James Smart was 20 and a resident of Meridian, Mississippi, when he was fatally shot on the afternoon of February 17, 2016. The shooting happened near 20th Street and 30th Avenue; he suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to a local hospital for surgery but died that same day.

Meridian Police detectives investigated and appealed to the community, following up on witness descriptions. Within a week they arrested 19-year-old Jarvis Jermaine Hampton and charged him with murder, saying scene evidence and witness accounts linked him to the shooting. When the case went to a grand jury, jurors returned a no true bill, finding insufficient evidence to indict, and no one was ever convicted for Smart’s death.

Does anyone who knew Timothy or who was near 20th Street and 30th Avenue on February 17, 2016 have information that could help close this case?