Edwyn Jamar Sims, 39, was shot and killed in Grenada, Mississippi on the evening of Friday, December 29, 2023, just after 8:30 p.m. Officers responding to the 1200 block of Mound Street found a male subject with gunshot injuries; Sims was taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Grenada but later died of his wounds.

Grenada Police quickly identified suspects and arrested two local men, 26-year-old Lakyron Herrod and 22-year-old Tyrese Herrod, who were charged with murder and held in the Grenada County Jail without bond. Police described the arrests as part of an ongoing investigation; the motive for the shooting has not been disclosed.

This was the city’s second homicide investigation in just over a month, a string of violence that has unsettled the community. If anyone saw activity in the 1200 block of Mound Street that night or has information about this case, please come forward to the Grenada Police Department.