In the late evening hours of Wednesday, November 12, 2025, the quiet of a residential street in McComb, Mississippi, was shattered by gunfire. Chadrick McGaffeny, a 36-year-old man, was sitting in his vehicle in the driveway of his home on Wall Street when a passing vehicle opened fire. The attack, which police later described as a drive-by shooting, occurred at approximately 10:15 p.m.
in the 1300 block of Wall Street, near the intersection with Quitman Street.
Emergency services and law enforcement arrived at the scene to find McGaffeny gravely wounded inside his car. He had been struck by multiple gunshots and was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after the arrival of first responders. The Pike County Coroner's Office confirmed that his death was the result of multiple gunshot wounds. Investigators from the McComb Police Department began an immediate and active investigation into the homicide.
In the days following the shooting, authorities announced that they had identified a person of interest in the case. However, law enforcement officials did not publicly release a name or any detailed description of this individual, and no immediate arrests were made. The investigation was described as ongoing, with police appealing to the public for any information regarding vehicles that may have been in the vicinity of Wall Street around the time of the fatal shooting. Funeral services for Chadrick McGaffeny were announced to be held at the Community of Believers Cultural Fellowship in McComb, with interment at Greenwood North Cemetery.
