On the evening of Friday, July 2, 2021, 21-year-old Kidrick Briscoe was shot near the intersection of East 7th Street and Franklin Avenue in Caruthersville, Missouri. The shooting occurred just before 9 p.m.; Briscoe was taken to Pemiscot Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead. Two other people were wounded that night: a 16-year-old male who was seriously injured and airlifted to a Memphis hospital, and 19-year-old Kaitlyn Hilburn, who suffered a gunshot wound to her leg and was treated and released.

The Caruthersville Police Department led the investigation with assistance from the Pemiscot County Sheriff’s Office, the Hayti Police Department, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control. Authorities arrested a 19-year-old male from Caruthersville on accusations of first-degree murder and armed criminal action; his name was initially withheld pending formal charging.

If anyone had information about the shooting or knew Kidrick Briscoe, please share what you know.