Tyrone Walters, a 27-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in Newton, Mississippi on January 1, 2014. The death was described as a sudden, violent act that drew concern in the small community. An obituary for Walters ran in the Clarion Ledger on January 5, 2014.

The Newton County Sheriff’s Department investigated the shooting. Very little else about the circumstances or motive is available in these accounts.

Did anyone in Newton at the time have information about Walters, his movements that day, or the arrest that followed?