Homicide And Gun Crime News 04/07/2023
Apr 09, 2023(April 6) Mississippi Reserve Deputy On Leave After Church Shooting | Laurel, MS
A man was fatally shot outside a Mississippi church during a confrontation with an off-duty sheriff's deputy who is now on administrative leave, authorities said Wednesday
Ryan Walters, a Jones County reserve deputy, is both a parishioner and member of the church's security team, Sheriff Joe Berlin said according to WDAM-TV.
A service was underway Sunday evening when James Corey Donald, 45, was shot in the parking lot of The Rock Church near the city of Laurel, Berlin said.
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(April 5) Mom Seeks Killer After Son’s Body Found Burned Behind Church | Memphis, TN
Lavonda Henderson would do anything to see her son’s smile one last time.
“I have terrible nightmares, I pick up the phone, I want to hear his voice,” she said.
Body found behind Memphis church identified as school secretary
Henderson’s nightmare started Jan. 10, when Memphis Police responded to a man-down call in South Memphis.
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(April 5) DOJ Tentatively Settles Over Texas Church Shooting For $144M | Austin, TX
The Justice Department announced Wednesday a tentative $144 million settlement with families and victims of a 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that was carried out by a former U.S. airman who was able to purchase firearms despite a criminal history.
More than two dozen people were killed when Devin Patrick Kelley opened fire during a Sunday service at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs. Authorities put the official death toll at 26 because one of the 25 people killed was pregnant in what remains the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history.
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(April 5) MBI: Jones Co. Reserve Deputy Charged With Murder In The Rock Church Shooting | Jones County, MS
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has arrested and charged the Jones County Sheriff’s Department reserve deputy involved in Sunday’s church shooting.
According to MBI, George Ryan Walters has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder. The sheriff’s department said that Walter turned himself in to authorities Wednesday.
The shooting took place at The Rock Pentecostal Church in Laurel after Walters, a member of the church and its security team, was involved in an altercation with 45-year-old James Corey Donald. Walters was off-duty at the time of the incident.
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