Anthony Slay, a 20-year-old male from Hazlehurst, Mississippi, was fatally shot on the night of June 22, 2025. The incident, which also resulted in the injury of a 16-year-old, occurred around 10:30 p.m. on Nelson Drive. Both victims were transported to a local hospital where Slay ultimately succumbed to his injuries. At the time of the initial reports, law enforcement had not made any arrests, and the investigation into the shooting was ongoing.
Further investigation into Slay's
background reveals a complicated legal history. In June of 2022, Hazlehurst police had identified Anthony Slay as a suspect in a homicide that took place earlier that year. He was wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of Malik Washington, who was discovered with a gunshot wound to the chest in his vehicle between March 5 and March 6, 2022. Some authorities at the time believed that shooting may have been gang-related.
A Copiah County Sheriff's Office inmate status report from 2022 shows that an Anthony Slay was booked on a murder charge on June 22, 2022. However, information regarding the resolution of this murder charge, whether it resulted in a conviction, acquittal, or was still pending, is not publicly available in the searched sources. The circumstances of Slay's own death three years later remain largely unresolved in the public record, with no announced suspects or arrests in his killing.
