Fatal police shooting in Mississippi under investigation
ST. MARTIN, Miss. (AP) – Authorities in Mississippi say one person is dead following an officer involved shooting.
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell said the shooting occurred early Monday morning at the Ramada Inn on Interstate 10 in St. Martin.
Warren Strain, spokesman for the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, tells The Associated Press by email, the sheriff requested that the MBI handle the investigation.
Strain said state crime scene technicians are on the scene collecting evidence.
He said the body will be sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy.
Further details about the shooting were not immediately available.
