Officials charge Columbus shooting suspect

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – A man wanted in connection with a Columbus shooting earlier this week is in custody. Martez Meeks turned himself in on Friday, Nov. 22. He will remain in the Lowndes County jail until bond is set. He is charged with 12 counts of Aggravated Assault Manifest Extreme Indifference to Life. You may recall one person was…

Officials respond to fatal Saturday morning house fire

CRAWFORD, Miss. (WCBI) – Officials responded to a fatal house fire in Crawford on Saturday morning. Lowndes County Fire Coordinator Neal Austin says the call came in around 8:30 a.m. on James Hairston Road. Units arrived and witnesses on the scene said someone was inside. 72-year-old Lloyd Hairston died as a result of the fire. Hairston lived in the home…

CPD makes arrest in Friday afternoon shooting incident

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – We have updates on a Friday afternoon shooting in East Columbus. Around noon on Nov. 22, officers were called to Baptist Memorial Hospital for a gunshot victim. 25-year-old Benjamin Lowe had two gunshot wounds—one to the face and another to the arm. The Columbus Police Department arrested 18-year-old Jakorey Gibbs of Columbus. Gibbs is charged with…