Gulfport Police

MBI Investigating Officer-Involved Shooting in Gulfport

GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) — The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting involving the Gulfport Police Department that occurred May 22nd at an apartment complex on Three Rivers Road. According to authorities, officers responded to a call about…

Gulfport Police's SWAT applicants go through training

The Gulfport Police Department is seeing an interest in their SWAT department! Meet the new SWAT applicants! They are going through tryouts, being pushed to their limits with drills and exercises. Those activities test mental toughness and skills. Good luck…

Gulfport man to serve 25 years for armed robbery

A Gulfport man will spend 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to the 2023 armed robbery of a Hardees restaurant. District Attorney Crosby Parker said 34-year-old Charles Brown pleaded guilty earlier this week. He was sentenced to 25 years…

Georgia teen shot at Gulfport party over the weekend

A 15-year-old teenager from Georgia was found shot in the arm on Saturday, April 13th. According to Gulfport Police spokesman Jason Ducre, the teen is wanted by police in Georgia. The shooting happened on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The…

Man sentenced for July 2021 shooting

A Gulfport man pled guilty to the July 2021 killing of Raheem Ramsey. Terrence Hayes Jr. was 19 at the time of the shooting and pled guilty to second-degree murder. Hayes was sentenced to 40 years in custody. The case…

Carjacking suspect in custody after crashing in Orange Grove

Hancock and Harrison County sheriff's departments are investigating an alleged armed carjacking in Hancock County that ended in a wreck on Highway 49 in Gulfport. 36-year-old Regio Darrell Lavant of New Orleans is being held at the Harrison County jail…

Gulfport Police identify unidentified woman

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE The Gulfport Police Department announced that unidentified female has been identified. The woman was found Sept. 30 after police responded to a medical emergency in the 10000 block of East Tree Drive. The residents said they only…

Suspect in November murder case now in custody

A man wanted in connection to a November murder in Gulfport has been arrested. According to the Harrison County jail docket, 28-year-old Royce Barthelemy was booked into the jail about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday by the Harrison County Sheriff's Office. He…