Quincy Pate, 32, was shot and killed at the Canton Estates Apartments in Canton, Mississippi, on May 12, 2025. The Madison County Coroner’s Office confirmed his identity and local and state authorities — the Canton Police Department, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and the State Medical Examiner’s Office — opened a homicide investigation into the fatal shooting.

Authorities had not publicly identified any suspects or made arrests in the immediate aftermath, leaving family and neighbors without answers. Pate’s death was the second fatal shooting at Canton Estates Apartments within a month, a fact that prompted the city’s mayor to propose increased spending on safety and more police officers to address rising violent crime.

If anyone saw or heard anything related to the shooting at Canton Estates Apartments on or around May 12, 2025, or has information about activity at the complex that month, please come forward.