In the early morning hours of Sunday, July 9, 2017, the body of 17-year-old LaQuinton Walker was discovered in a neighbor's yard on Lowndes Street in Aberdeen, Mississippi. The young man, a student at Aberdeen High School, had sustained a fatal gunshot wound. The Monroe County Coroner confirmed the cause of death and his body was subsequently sent to the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory for an autopsy. Known to his friends and family as 'Quintin' or 'Quint,' he was remembered as a nice, laid-back individual with a talent for making people laugh and a love for music.
The Aberdeen Police Department immediately launched a homicide investigation into the shooting death of the male teenager. In the initial stages of the investigation, law enforcement officials detained two juveniles for questioning. It was reported that these two individuals were the last people seen with Walker before his death. Investigators also mentioned they had received another tip that they were actively pursuing in the hopes of gathering credible information to move the case forward.
Despite the initial leads and the questioning of the two juveniles, information regarding any arrests or the identification of a primary suspect in the death of LaQuinton Walker is not publicly available in the years following the incident. The police were tasked with sorting through various rumors circulating about the motive behind the shooting as they worked to piece together the events that led to the teenager's untimely death. The case's current status, whether it has been solved or remains an open investigation, is not clear from available online sources.
