A late-night argument in Inverness, Mississippi, turned deadly when 40-year-old Kita Wilson was shot and killed around midnight during a weekend incident that became the town’s first homicide of the year. Local authorities say the altercation involved Wilson and another Inverness resident, 44-year-old Anthony Dewayne Brandon, and that the dispute escalated to gunfire that left Wilson fatally wounded.

Police arrested Brandon after investigating the incident. He has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held on $500,000 bond while awaiting further court action. Few additional details about the circumstances of the shooting have been released.

If anyone witnessed the argument, saw activity in the area that night, or has information about what led to the violence, please come forward.