A dispute that began, according to witnesses, over a cigarette ended with a fatal shooting on Beaumont Street in Natchez. On January 2, 2014, 28-year-old Kendrick Tolbert was involved in a verbal disagreement with another man that escalated into a physical fight inside a house. The altercation moved outside and the other man produced a gun; Tolbert was shot in the chest and later pronounced dead.

The Natchez Police Department opened a homicide investigation and neighbors offered differing accounts about whether the argument was solely about a cigarette.

If anyone witnessed the fight or has information about who was involved that day on Beaumont Street, please share what is known with investigators.