Ronald Merle McNutt (May 23, 1987 – August 31, 2020) was a resident of New Albany, Mississippi in the United States, and had served in the United States military in Iraq. McNutt worked at a Toyota plant. He was known to have suffered from a variety of mental health problems, such as depression as well as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the latter of which was a direct consequence of his time served in the Iraq War in 2007 and 2008. In addition to this, he was also dealing with a recent break-up with his girlfriend; some media reports also said that he lost his job during the COVID-19 pandemic, though Rolling Stone disputed this. McNutt was a Christian who regularly attended church.