UPDATE – Tishomingo Identifies Suspect, Victim In Thursday Shooting

IUKA, MS : MICHAEL ALLEN BARNES, 38-year-old white male of 713 CR 993 Belmont, Mississippi has been officially charged by the Tishomingo Sheriff’s Department with the following charges:

1. POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY CONVICTED FELON
2. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (EXTREME INDIFFERECE TO HUMAN LIFE)

BARNES

BARNES is charged in the shooting incident of Mark Lovelace of 60 CR 34 Dennis, Mississippi. Details of the incident are still under investigation. Lovelace was treated at North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo and was referred to medical professionals in Memphis due to injuries sustained in the incident.

BARNES is still awaiting bond to be set on this matter by Justice Court.

Sheriff Daugherty stated he would “like to thank” all the agencies that came and assisted his department during this initial investigation. The Sheriff continued by wanting to thank all the law enforcement agencies in Tishomingo County AS WELL as agencies with the State of Mississippi.