On a late Tuesday evening in August 2021, tragedy struck the small community of Coahoma, Mississippi. Just before 10 p.m. on August 10th, the Coahoma County Sheriff's Department received a call reporting a shooting with multiple victims. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found 51-year-old Regina Smith Hopkins, who had been fatally wounded and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Three other individuals were also struck by gunfire.
They were transported to a local hospital in Clarksdale for treatment. Tragically, a 14-year-old boy, Zymarious Smith, later succumbed to his injuries. The shooting left two other people wounded, forever altering the lives of those involved and sending shockwaves through the tight-knit community. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigations was called in to assist the Coahoma County Sheriff's Office with the investigation into the double homicide.
In the days that followed, the investigation led to the arrest of three suspects. Jerry Seamster, 30, D'Amonte Abrams, 23, and DeAngelo Abrams, 24, were taken into custody. Each of the three men was charged with two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault for their alleged roles in the deadly shooting. They were subsequently held without bond at the Coahoma County Jail in Clarksdale as the legal process against them began.
