On the night of September 23, 2022, officers in Caruthersville, Missouri, responded to a reported shooting that left 19-year-old Herschel Grant Jr dead. Grant, a Black male who lived in nearby Hayti, was wounded during the late-Friday incident and died the following day, September 24, 2022.

Investigators searched the area for evidence and quickly developed a person of interest. In the days after the shooting, police arrested an 18-year-old male who was later charged with murder in connection with Grant’s death. Friends and family held funeral services for Grant at Faith Temple C.O.G.I.C. in Hayti in October.

If anyone in the Caruthersville or Hayti area has information about what happened that night, please share what you know with investigators.