On the evening of February 5, 2020, Miguel Orlando Patterson, 43, arrived at the Leland Police Department in Leland, Mississippi with a gunshot wound to the face. Officers summoned emergency medical services and he was taken to Delta Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead later that night.

The Leland Police Department opened a homicide investigation. As of the most recent reporting, investigators had not released details about suspects or arrests, and the circumstances that led to the shooting remained unclear.

If anyone in Leland that night saw or heard anything related to Patterson’s shooting, or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward to the police.