On March 15, 2015, 34-year-old Orlando Leggings, a Black man from Shubuta in Clarke County, Mississippi, was fatally shot. Local law enforcement opened a homicide investigation into the shooting and worked to establish what led to his death.

Investigators later identified suspects and arrested two teenagers from Clarke County. Both juveniles were charged with manslaughter in connection with Leggings’s death, a charge that reflects the authorities’ legal assessment of the incident’s circumstances.

The shooting and subsequent charges reverberated through the small community. If anyone in Shubuta or Clarke County has information about the events of March 15, 2015, or knew Orlando, please come forward with what you know.