Joyce Haynes, 41, was fatally shot in her Natchez home on January 9, 2017. Deputies from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office responded after a call shortly after noon reporting shots fired in the 300 block of Morgantown Road. Witnesses directed deputies to Haynes, who had suffered several gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene about an hour after the initial call. The cause of death was later listed as a fatal gunshot wound to the head.

Witnesses at the scene identified 41-year-old Elijah Hall, described as Haynes’ ex-boyfriend, as the alleged shooter. Hall was arrested about 45 minutes after the incident at a different location on Brookfield Drive and was charged with murder and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. This was the third fatal shooting in Natchez and Adams County in ten days.

Did anyone in the Natchez area see or hear anything that afternoon on Morgantown Road?