Jack Dean Burns Jr. was 39 when he was fatally shot in Petal, Mississippi, on February 25, 2014, in an encounter with another local man, Ronnie Pittman. Pittman told investigators he acted in self-defense; that claim became the central issue as law enforcement reviewed the circumstances of the shooting.

Investigators continued a detailed review of the evidence through at least October 2014 while Burns’s family and friends coped with the loss. Burns was born in Kansas City, Missouri, attended Hattiesburg High School and William Carey College, and was a father to three sons, Colby, Chandler, and Dylan. Funeral services were held March 1, 2014.

Does anyone have information about the February 25, 2014 shooting or the events leading up to it?