William Dalton O’Meara was 21 when he was shot and killed on the evening of June 18, 2015, in Picayune, Mississippi. A lifetime resident of Pearl River County and a former Picayune High School placekicker who worked as a granite installer, O’Meara was returning to a mobile home on Richardson Road where he lived behind his neighbor’s residence with his fiancée and her young child.

Neighbors reported ongoing friction between O’Meara and 49-year-old neighbor Darin K. Galmiche. According to witness accounts, Galmiche came out of his house agitated, produced a rifle and fired several shots as O’Meara drove up, striking him at least once. O’Meara was taken to a hospital and later died of his wounds.

Galmiche was arrested and later pleaded guilty to depraved-heart murder. Circuit Judge Anthony Mozingo sentenced him to 40 years, with 20 years to be served in prison and 20 years of post-release supervision.