In the late summer of 2018 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a burst of gunfire on the evening of August 11 struck three people and killed 59-year-old Ricky Perkins. Perkins was one of three victims hit in the shooting; two others were injured but survived.

Local investigators identified 20-year-old Laderick Franklin as a suspect and arrested him. He was charged with one count of murder in Perkins’s death and two counts of aggravated assault for the other victims’ injuries. Franklin was booked into the Forrest County Jail and a judge set bond at $1.1 million. Reports also note a grand jury later returned an indictment on the murder charge and that Franklin faced a separate charge of shooting into a dwelling.

Does anyone in Hattiesburg have information about the August 11, 2018 shooting or knew Ricky Perkins?