Man dies after fight in north Mississippi; 1 person charged

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a man has died after a fight at a north Mississippi restaurant. Police responded to a call about an assault early Saturday at Steele’s Dive in Tupelo.

Maj. Chuck McDougald says officers found emergency responders treating 31-year-old Leonard “K.C.” Cooper of Fulton.

Lee County Coroner Carolyn Green says Cooper died several hours later at a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

His body was being taken to the Mississippi crime lab for an autopsy. McDougald says a person was charged with aggravated assault, but that charge could be upgraded to homicide.

Police did not immediately release the name of the person charged.

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