I-20 Accused Shooter Alvontae White is in Custody

VICKSBURG, Miss – Alvontae White, the person accused of a brazen daytime shooting January 14 on I-20, is in custody.

Alvontae White was arrested around midnight while traveling west on I-20. Multiple units with the Warren County Sheriff’s Office and the Vicksburg Police Department were observed to have a white sedan pulled over on I-20 just outside city limits. Both occupants of the vehicle were taken into custody.

A short time later two Warren County Sheriff’s Deputies pulled into the Vicksburg Police Department. The first unit carried an as yet unidentified woman. The second unit had Alvontae White and both were escorted into the station.

The shooting

White is accused of the January 14 daytime drive-by shooting on I-20 at Halls Ferry that left one person injured. A blue sedan with two occupants was targeted in the drive-by that resulted in the driver sustaining injuries to their arm. The passenger was uninjured.

According to an eyewitness, a silver or grey vehicle, possibly a Honda four door sedan, opened fire with a fully automatic weapon on the blue sedan while traveling west on I-20 just before the Halls Ferry exit. The suspect vehicle then exited the highway at Halls Ferry and turned north.

A tip from a community member led the VPD to the suspect vehicle and five people were initially arrested, including a parent of one of the suspects. White was not captured in the original arrest. A subsequent manhunt for White ensued near North Frontage and Confederate. Numerous units with the VPD, including command staff, surrounded the wooded area west of Confederate at North Frontage, but White was not found at that time.

Arraignment

Two of the five people arrested were charged. Altraveon White was charged with two counts of aggravated assault w/weapon and was given a $300,000 bond. Keunte Bell was charged with armed robbery, drive-by shooting, and two counts of aggravated assault with a weapon and given a $650,000 bond. Bell and White were both bound over to the Grand Jury.

According to Vicksburg Police Chief Penny Jones, Bell has an ankle monitor for his involvement in the City Pavilion shooting from June 28, 2024, but reported the monitor had not been charged. A third-party company, Wrist Watch Monitoring LLC. out of Jackson Mississippi, is responsible for keeping the monitors charged and maintained.