One-third of Mississippi coast’s murders have domestic link
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – At least a third of homicide victims in the three Mississippi coastal counties in a recent six-year period died in domestic-related shootings.
Of 156 murders reported from 2009 through 2014, 52 people were shot in Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties by a family member or romantic interest. That’s according to a Sun Herald analysis of homicide trends.
The killings included three triple homicide-suicides, six double murder-suicides, 14 murder-suicides and 29 other shootings.
Last year alone, six murder-suicides were reported, believed to be the highest ever in a single year in the coastal counties.
