On the evening of Thursday, June 12, 2025, gunfire erupted in the 200 block of Elm Street in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Officers from the Clarksdale Police Department arrived about 7:30 p.m. and found 22-year-old Lematay Myles suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Myles was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators identified a person of interest and in the days after the shooting a suspect was arrested. Twenty-one-year-old Deterrius Greer was taken into custody and formally charged with murder in connection with Myles’s death. The case has been referred to the judicial system for prosecution.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who were in the area that evening and can share what they saw or heard?