In the afternoon of July 7, 2021, a verbal dispute in the parking lot of a restaurant on Courthouse Road in Gulfport, Mississippi, tragically escalated, cutting short the life of 26-year-old Raheem Omar Ramsey. As Ramsey was leaving in his vehicle, the argument turned fatal when another individual opened fire with what police described as an 'assault rifle.' Struck multiple times, Ramsey died at the scene inside his vehicle.
He was a male and an alumnus of Gulfport High School.
Responding to a call of shots fired around 1:30 p.m., Gulfport police officers arrived to find the grim scene. Their investigation quickly led them to a suspect, and an arrest was made. Eighteen-year-old Terrence Cortney Dwight Hayes Jr. was taken into custody and initially charged with first-degree murder. His bond was set at $2 million.
The legal process that followed the violent encounter culminated in a conviction. Terrence Courtney Dwight Hayes Jr. later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree murder. In April 2024, a judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison for his role in the death of Raheem Ramsey, bringing a close to the case.
