A man wanted in a shooting at Howard Industries in Laurel this morning has been arrested. Laurel Police Chief Tommy Cox said the suspect, Keith Hinton, was arrested at a home on Wire Road near Perkinston in Stone County. Mississippi…
Law enforcement agencies are investigating active shooter calls that were made in Hancock and Harrison counties. Students are on fall break in both districts and were not on campus. Teachers were on campus in Biloxi but not at Hancock High.…
12:30 p.m. UPDATE: Jackson State University tweeted, "The JSU campus lock down has been lifted. The campus community is no longer under threat of an active shooter." No other details regarding the incident have been made available. ORIGINAL STORY: Jackson…
The Mississippi House passed a new school safety bill that can better prepare schools for active shooter situations. This bill would require safety inspections and active shooter drills in all public schools in the state two times a year. It…
Yesterday, the Mississippi House passed a new school safety bill that can better prepare schools for active shooter situations. News 25’s Gabby Easterwood has more.
If you subscribe to the Mississippi Emergency Management Mobile Alert System, you woke up to a startling message this morning. Shortly after 8:30, MEMA mistakenly sent an "Active Shooter" message. About six minutes later, a "disregard" follow up message was…