CENTREVILLE — Three people have been arrested in connection with the January fatal shooting of a 17-year-old in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. 

Enaje Bates was a passenger in a car driving along Highway 24 near Centreville when the car was shot at on Jan. 19. Deputies noted that two additional people — brothers Tony Brown Jr. and Marcus Green Jr. — were also in the car at the time of the shooting, but did not die. 

According to the Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office, 18-year-old JaMonta Franklin, 16-year-old Kevin Slack and 16-year-old DeMarion McNabb were all arrested on murder and aggravated assault charges in connection with the shooting.

According to deputies, the two 16-year-olds were taken into custody over the weekend. 

All three suspects were booked into the Wilkinson County Jail.

Bates' family spoke to WBRZ over the phone on Wednesday, and said they miss their loved one.

“Everything, her smile, her laughter, the jokes, just everything,” Bates' cousin, Markeitha Tickles, said. “I’m just devastated, real devastated.”

The family is putting together a scholarship in Bates' honor, and plans to award the scholarship's first student at the end of the school year.