A 22-year-old Carroll County man died from a gunshot wound early Sunday morning following a shooting incident in Greenwood, according to authorities.
The body of Broderick Tramell Elam was discovered in the passenger seat of a Nissan Altima parked along the levee located behind the Leflore County Health Department’s building on Browning Road, Deputy Police Chief Marvin Hammond said Monday.
Elam was pronounced dead at the scene.
Around 2:20 a.m. Sunday, police received several calls about shots fired on Ainsworth Street, Hammond said.
The shots were reportedly fired from the old railroad track toward the vehicle Elam and another individual were in, according to Hammond.
At the crime scene, Hammond said police officers recovered 50 shell casings fired from the same gun, an assault-style rifle. Hammond, however, could not say the specific type of assault-style rifle used.
It wasn’t until a Leflore County deputy made a call to the Police Department later that same morning about a vehicle parked along the levee behind the Health Department building that officers discovered Elam, Hammond said.
Leflore County Coroner Debra Sanders said she received a call about Elam at 2:46 a.m. Sunday.
Because Elam received one bullet wound to the back, it’s believed that he was too incapacitated to drive, Hammond said, and thereby someone else drove Elam about a mile from the location where he was shot to where his body was later found.
As of Monday afternoon, Hammond said police do not know the identity of the driver who was with Elam, the motive for the shooting is unknown and officers have not arrested a suspect.
Hammond said Elam had an address along County Road 141 in Coila, an unincorporated community in Carroll County.
Elam’s death marks the 23rd homicide to have occurred in Leflore County this year.
Those with information about the shooting can call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS(8477).
• Contact Gerard Edic at 581-7239 or gedic@gwcommonwealth.com.
