A suspect, who fired multiple rounds at a Meridian (MS) Police officer, was shot and killed during an exchange of gunfire early Sunday morning, authorities report. The officer was shot twice in the chest and saved by his body armor.
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An accidental call to 911 helped Rankin County deputies track down two suspects over the weekend.
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Quitman County Deputy Jimmy Clark was responding to a shooting call when he swerved to dodge two dogs in the road.
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Southhaven, MS, police officers were at the wrong address when they fatally shot a man in his home Sunday, an arrest warrant issued by a Tate County judge shows.
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Jenkins and his wife were at home at the time of the incident, but neither were injured, according to Jackson police. But the Jenkins’ living room and bedroom were destroyed, along with TVs, furnishings and memorabilia.
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A lot of people loved Tchula, MS, Police Chief Kenneth Hampton's in-your-face way of policing. Obviously, some people probably didn't like that too much. He said he had been pressured to resign.
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A Lauderdale County (MS) Sheriff’s Department K-9 died Sunday of heat exhaustion in a hot patrol vehicle.
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Nearly a thousand police officers, family members and others gathered Thursday for the funeral and burial of Lincoln County Sheriff's Deputy William Durr.
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Willie Cory Godbolt, the man accused of killing eight people over the weekend, including a Lincoln County, MS, deputy sheriff, has been charged with capital murder and seven counts of first-degree murder.
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It appears the deputy responded to a call at Lee Drive of a resident wanting the suspect removed from the property. Rushing said the deputy and three others were killed there. Two more people were shot and killed at a residence on Coopertown Road, he said. A third crime scene was located near where Godbolt was captured, according to reports.
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