Armed robbery, assault suspect indicted on seven charges
Investigators believe the suspect burst into a mobile home on Tabernacle Road and shot one person.
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Investigators believe the suspect burst into a mobile home on Tabernacle Road and shot one person.
Columbus police say the suspect originally called officers to say his home was being broken into. There was no evidence of a burglary or home invasion.
Prosecutors allege the victim was under the age of 14-years-old.
The girl was under the age of 16. Her mother accused the suspect of sexually assaulting the child in the home.
The shooting happened outside Motel 6 on December 22, 2017. Michael Garth of Starkville was shot and died at the scene.
Resisting Arrest and Causing Damage to a Police Vehicle charges are pending.
Dogs were called in and the suspect was tracked to his girl friend's house on Franconia Road.
Lerron Gregory shot and killed 25-year-old Brandon Michael Gordon in January of 2016.
Items such as trailers, power tools, lumber, mowers and other equipment were found throughout the county.
Police Chief Chris Robertson says they are looking for a Maroon 2014 Kia Optima.
Police are searching for a shooter believed to be armed and dangerous.
He was somehow able to get into a control room and hit the correct button to get out.
Some of the items were painted to conceal that they were stolen.
In her bond agreement, the suspect cannot return to the school this school year.
Columbus Police Chief Fred Shelton says DNA was collected from the original crime scene and ran through a national DNA database.
It stemmed from an argument at nearby EMCC. No one was hurt in the parking lot shootout.
There were no injuries. No other arrests have been made.
CPD is questioning witnesses and taking statements.
This is the second shooting CPD has reported that occurred this past weekend.
The victim was treated and released from the hospital.
The suspect reportedly exited from Highway 45 onto South Green then headed down Green Tee Road.
Only one person was injured, not from any bullets, but from broken glass.
Sheriff Johnson says the charges against her will be enhanced once the case goes to a Grand Jury because the post office is within 1,500 feet of a school.