In the early morning hours of Friday, January 31, 2025, the city of Greenville, Mississippi, was unsettled by a wave of violence that left two men dead in separate incidents. One of the victims was Anthony Sexton, a 37-year-old male. His life was cut short by gunfire, and he was discovered lying in the street in the 300 block of South Broadway near Percy Street.
Law enforcement found Sexton around 3 a.m. and he was pronounced dead at the scene. His death was part of a particularly violent period for the city, as another fatal shooting had occurred just hours earlier in the same area. In that incident, 36-year-old Darrius Mitchell was killed when the vehicle he was in was shot into, injuring two other occupants.
As of early February 2025, no arrests had been announced in connection with Anthony Sexton's murder. Investigators were actively working on leads, but the motive behind the shooting remained unclear. In response to the surge of violent crime, which included a third murder that same weekend, the Greenville Police Department and the Washington County Sheriff's Office pledged to increase collaboration and patrols to combat the violence and bring those responsible to justice. Law enforcement officials urged the community to come forward with any information that could assist in the ongoing investigation.
