On Sunday morning, March 30, 2014, 36-year-old Rico Butler of Clarksdale, Mississippi, was shot while riding in a vehicle on the 100 block of Adams Avenue. Shots struck Butler and his passenger; Butler was mortally wounded and pronounced dead at the scene, while the passenger survived and was taken to hospital. The Adams Avenue shooting was the first in a string of related attacks across Clarksdale that day.

Hours later a man was shot in the foot on Catalpa Street, and shortly after police found two men shot outside an apartment on Ritchie Street and a seven-year-old boy inside the same unit injured by gunfire. In the immediate aftermath investigators treated the events as a sprawling, chaotic series of scenes, with early reports unclear about whether a single shooter or multiple shooters were involved; police publicly asked for help identifying those responsible and said no suspects were in custody at that time. Butler’s death is recorded on public memorial listings noting his age, city, and the March 30, 2014 date.

Is there anyone who remembers that morning on Adams Avenue or who has information about who fired on the vehicle?