One man is dead, and another was airlifted to Jackson after two shootings occurred at the same location in Neshoba County Wednesday.
Neshoba County Sheriff Tommy Waddell said he and several deputies responded to a call of a shooting at mobile home on County Road 301 west of Union at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. On arrival, they found a male victim had been shot.
Waddell said the victim was taken to the hospital by his girlfriend and airlifted to Jackson for treatment.
“The male victim was taken to the hospital at Laird and airlifted by AirCare,” Waddell said. “At this time, we don’t know the extent of his injuries.”
Approximately one hour later, while investigating the scene, Waddell said officers in a bedroom of the mobile home shot and killed a suspect who brandished a weapon after being discovered hiding in the room.
“It happened inside the mobile home in the bedroom,” Waddell said. “We’d been there over an hour and did not know anyone was hiding in the residence.”
Waddell said Thursday he could not confirm the suspect his officers encountered was the shooter in the first incident, he amended his statement Friday after new evidence came to light. The suspect Neshoba County deputies shot was the shooter in the initial incident, he said.
Although the incident occurred in tight quarters, Waddell said all injuries to law enforcement were minor.
“It was a close call,” he said. “It was very close.”
An investigation is ongoing, Waddell said, but due to the incident involving officers, the case has been turned over to Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
Capt. Johnny Poulos, director of public information for MBI, confirmed Neshoba County Sheriff’s Department requested the bureau take over the investigation. However, he said no further information could be released at this point in the investigation.
