Carl Junior Miller, 41, was killed in the early morning hours of February 28, 2015, in Columbus, Mississippi. Miller, a Black/African American man who had returned to Mississippi from California in October 2014, was found in a parked vehicle outside a residence on Puckett Parkway with a fatal gunshot wound at about 2:30 a.m.

Officers at the scene encountered several people, including Billy Lee Boo Boo Kennedy, who initially gave a false name. Investigators identified 30-year-old Kennedy, the victim’s second cousin, as the primary suspect. Kennedy and his brother were living at the residence where the shooting occurred; both brothers were later held in the Lowndes County Jail on separate murder charges. A judge set bond for Billy Lee Kennedy at $1 million. Earlier that year Arthur Kennedy had given authorities his brother’s name in connection with a different fatal shooting, which caused confusion in reporting.

Few details about motive or the precise circumstances of the shooting have been released. If anyone knew Carl Junior Miller or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.