Nineteen-year-old Robert Campbell Jr., a Natchez resident and 2022 graduate of Natchez High School, was fatally shot after calling 911 to report he had been shot on January 18, 2024. The call came in at about 10:39 p.m. and responders from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Mississippi Bureau of Investigations and Mississippi Highway Patrol found a silver Chevrolet pickup in the median of Highway 61 with multiple bullet holes in the driver’s door.

Campbell was located in the truck with several gunshot wounds, was taken to a nearby hospital and was pronounced dead. Investigators have identified three suspects: two 17-year-olds and a 20-year-old. Motive and the precise circumstances that led to the shooting have not been released. Campbell worked as a mechanic at Great River Chevrolet and enjoyed rodeos, racing and riding four-wheelers.

If anyone who knew Robert or who was on Highway 61 that night has information, please share what you know.