Garrian DeMonte Owens was a 23-year-old Black man from Meridian, Mississippi, known to some friends as Lee Lee 5 slime. Described by people who knew him as goofy and a young and turnt money maker, he was a father of one whose life was cut short in the summer of 2022.

Shortly after 10 p.m. on Thursday, June 16, 2022, officers responded to a shooting in the 2300 block of Highway 39 North in Meridian. Garrian was found with gunshot injuries and taken to a local hospital, where he died from those wounds. The Meridian Police Department opened a homicide investigation following the shooting.

If anyone knew Garrian, was in that area that night, or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward with what was seen or heard.