Capitol Murder Arraignments

OKTIBBEHA AND LOWNDES COUNTIES, Miss. (WCBI) – One of the men charged with capital murder in Oktibbeha County is arraigned this morning, November 15, in Lowndes County.

Syboris Pippins pleaded not guilty in front of Judge Jim Kitchens.

Pippins is now being held without bond in the Oktibbeha County Jail.

The other suspect, Jaylen Barker, is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon.

Both men are charged in the shooting death of 21 year-old Joseph Tillman.

He was robbed and killed on Maxwell Street in Starkville last November.

We will have more on this case tonight on WCBI News.