Downtown West Point Shooting And Chase

WEST POINT, Miss. (WCB) – A West Point man is arrested after a morning shooting, near downtown, and police chase.

39 year-old George Mario Gill is charged with Attempted Murder, Felony Fleeing from Law Enforcement and Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

He was booked into the Clay County Detention Center.

Police Chief Avery Cook says more charges are probable, in the ongoing investigation.

The shooting happened about 9:30 a.m. on Stonewall Street.

Cook says Gill approached the victim and started shooting.

The unidentified man was shot in the finger and then went to the Clay County Sheriff’s Department.

Gill is accused of driving away and was then spotted by an officer on Eshman Avenue.

Cook says that’s when a pursuit started.

Gill eventually crashed outside of the city limits at Hazelwood and Eshman.

He was not injured and the shooting victim is expected to recover.

Mario Gill

Categories: Crime, Local News

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