On the evening of May 10, 2023, officers in Vicksburg, Mississippi, responded to a reported shooting on Ken Karyl Avenue. The victim, 25-year-old Black man DeMarcus Dequarius Smith, was found with multiple gunshot wounds, including at least one to the back. He was airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center and died of his injuries on May 11, 2023.

Within two days investigators identified and located two people in connection with the killing. On May 12, 35-year-old Jonathan Jamal Jackson was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. Also arrested that day was 43-year-old Lakisha Miller, who was charged with possession of a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. At initial appearances before Judge Angela Carpenter, Jackson’s bond was set at $1,000,000 and Miller’s at $85,000; the case was bound over to the Warren County Grand Jury in May 2023.

Anyone with information about what happened on Ken Karyl Avenue the night of May 10, 2023, is asked to come forward.