The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting involving George County Sheriff’s Department that happened about 5 a.m. this morning near a residence on Jordon Road…
The suspect in the mass shooting at a Bay St. Louis post-prom party was in court Monday. 19-year-old Cameron Brand had his initial appearance before Municipal Judge Stephen Maggio. Brand was appointed an attorney to represent him. His bond on…
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting involving Mississippi Highway Patrol. A trooper was shot in the arm by the subject and received non-life-threatening injuries during the incident on Highway 61 in Bolivar County. The shooting happened…
The Harrison County Coroner's Office has identified the victim of a shooting at the Gables Apartments on 32nd Street in Gulfport that happened Sunday afternoon. The Coroner's Office identified the victim as 16-year-old Kamori Lake. The girl was pregnant and…
Gulfport Police has arrested a 17-year-old in connection with a robbery and shooting on Saturday night. Police say 17-year-old Akiah James Shears was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and armed robbery. He was taken to the Harrison County jail.…
A Pass Christian man is accused of opening fire at a house party in Bay St. Louis, killing two teens and injuring four others. Bay…
A seventh suspect in the New Year's Eve shooting that left four dead has been arrested. Gulfport Police said 28-year-old Bobby Hands was arrested Thursday night. He was charged with drive-by shooting, a felon carrying a concealed weapon and aggravated…
A man who escaped from the Raymond Detention Center over the weekend barricaded himself in a home on Conway Road in Leake County before shooting a deputy and setting the home on fire. Leake County Sheriff Randy Atkinson said in…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man who escaped from a Mississippi jail over the weekend is suspected of killing a man and stealing his pickup truck in Jackson, authorities said Tuesday. Anthony Watts, 61, was shot and killed Monday night…
A man hired as a substitute teacher at Ocean Springs Middle School has been charged with sex crimes in an investigation that began Tuesday. 21-year-old KeShawn Belcher was arrested and charged with one count of exploitation of a child and…
A Gulfport man is behind bars, charged with leaving a traffic accident in a hit-and-run. 31-year-old Jamaal Addison is charged with leaving the scene of an accident causing serious bodily injury. He was taken to the Harrison County jail. Bond…
Two people were injured in a shooting early Wednesday morning in Gulfport, police said. Gulfport Police said officers responded to a complaint of gunfire about 2:28 a.m. in the 100 block of Carnes Street. While on scene, officers were notified…
A federal indictment unsealed Thursday accusing a former pro wrestler of misappropriating state welfare funds. Ted DiBiase Jr., 40, of Madison, along with co-conspirators John Davis, Christi Webb, Nancy New and others, allegedly obtained federal funds including The Emergency Food…
A 32-year-old Gulfport man is behind bars, accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl. Asante Williams turned himself in to Gulfport Police on Wednesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He is charged with statutory rape. He…
Two teens are in jail, charged with armed carjacking in Gulfport. 18-year-old Bruce Lowery was arrested and charged Wednesday. 15-year-old Antonio Harper was arrested and charged this morning. They were taken to Harrison County jail and bond was set at…
A Gulfport man is charged with capital murder in the death of a 5-year-old child. Police said 29-year-old Denzel Blakely, was arrested Monday night. He is in the Harrison County jail with no bond. The child's mother, 31-year-old Lachelle Washington,…
Ocean Springs Police are investigating a shooting that happened Sunday night about 9:30 p.m. Officers who responded found a male victim in a parking lot on DeSoto Avenue with a gunshot wound to his leg. Capt. Ryan LeMaire said the…
A man identified as the shooter in a Saturday evening shooting on Briarfield Avenue has been charged with manslaughter. 30-year-old James McMorris Jr. was charged with manslaughter. He was taken…
A Gulfport man charged with capital murder in the death of a 16-year-old will spend the rest of his life in prison. District Attorney W. Crosby Parker said 20-year-old Jaquez Devonte Porter of Biloxi was convicted of capital murder Thursday…
Two men from out of state have been charged in connection to a stolen vehicle out of Louisiana. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson said 19-year-old Danny Lumar of Cypress, Texas and 19-year-old Dalton Pierre of Slidell, Louisiana, were each charged…
A Pass Christian man was sentenced to 40 years in prison stemming from a 2021 road rage incident. 42-year-old Rudy Desmond Toler was sentenced last week by Judge Christopher Schmidt. Testimony in the January trial revealed that Toler threatened and…
LAUREL, Miss. (AP) — Evidence shows a reserve sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a man at a Mississippi church punched the victim in the face and chased him into a parking lot before shooting him and kicking him in the head,…
A Jackson County woman is behind bars, accused of trying to injure a Jackson County Sheriff's deputy when he stopped to help her with a disabled vehicle. 21-year-old Lanay Williams was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, disorderly…
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in south Mississippi on Sunday shot and killed a person who approached the deputy’s parked vehicle while holding a weapon, a state agency said. A news release from the Mississippi Department of Public…