Melvin Edwards, a 32-year-old male, died on June 13, 2026, after a shooting at an apartment complex in Jackson, Mississippi. Police were called around 5 p.m. to the 200 block of Rebel Woods Drive, at Pine Ridge Gardens Apartments, after receiving a report of a homicide. When officers arrived, they found Edwards suffering from a gunshot wound, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators said the violence appeared to have started inside an apartment at the complex.
Edwards’ body was later found outside that apartment, suggesting he may have made it out or been moved before officers arrived. Detectives soon focused on a black Nissan Maxima that they believed had left the scene after the shooting.
By early the next morning, police had made an arrest. Cameron Mitchell, 22, was taken into custody and charged with accessory after the fact in connection with Edwards’ death. Reports described Mitchell’s alleged role as connected to the aftermath of the homicide, not as the publicly identified shooter. Police said the search for the black Nissan Maxima led to Mitchell’s arrest.
As of the available reports, investigators had not publicly named the person accused of firing the fatal shot, and the case remained an ongoing investigation. Police referred to suspects fleeing the scene, but the publicly reported arrest was Mitchell on the accessory charge. No trial, conviction, or additional court outcome has been reported in the available online sources.
