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In the early morning hours of the day before Thanksgiving 2019, Greenwood, Mississippi, was struck by a deadly burst of gunfire that took the life of 40-year-old Donald Spells. Shortly before 8 a.m. on November 27, Spells was shot in the vicinity of McLaurin and Roosevelt streets, the third fatal shooting in the city in a four-day span.
Officers responding to a gunshot victim learned the shooting had occurred in the 600 block of Roosevelt Street. Witnesses at the scene identified James Leahman, known as Red, as the person responsible. Surveillance video recovered days later and trial testimony showed an unarmed Spells was lured from his vehicle and shot three times as he exited; the shooter then fled on foot. Spells died later that day.
Does anyone have information about Spells, his movements that morning, or the area around McLaurin and Roosevelt on November 27, 2019?