MERIDIAN, Miss. (Queen City Newsfeed) – A suspect in a June shooting that left one person dead and three others injured has turned himself in to Meridian police.
Richard Jones, wanted in connection with the June 21 shooting that killed 24-year-old Jaterius Easley, was taken into custody Tuesday morning.
“He turned himself in around 9 a.m.,” Acting Captain Dareall Thompson of the Meridian Police Department confirmed.
In addition to the murder charge, Jones faces three counts of aggravated assault. He has not yet been formally charged, Thompson said.
The shooting occurred on the evening of June 21, when officers responded to a shots-fired call in the 500 block of 53rd Avenue. Easley was found at the scene and later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Three other victims, who sustained gunshot wounds, were transported by private vehicle to a hospital for treatment.
