A man was shot to death Monday in front of a courthouse in a suburb of Jackson, Mississippi, as he arrived for a hearing on drug charges against him, and the gunman had turned himself in to the authorities, police said.
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The Madison County District Attorney, in a press conference, said the shooting victim in this case was at the courthouse to turn down a plea deal.
He said the suspect climbed out of a auto, walked directly up to Brown, and shot him once in the chest with a semiautomatic handgun.
The victim has been identified as Kendrick Armond Brown, who was scheduled to appear in court on charges of selling cocaine and conspiracy to sell cocaine.
Brown died at the scene, authorities said.
Madison County District Attorney Michael Guest says officials don’t yet know whether the two shootings are linked. Law enforcement officials searched with metal detectors under crepe myrtle trees, looking for the shell from the handgun.
An official has identified the victim in a fatal shooting outside a Mississippi courthouse.
The shooting happened outside Madison County’s criminal courthouse in Canton, a historic antebellum town known for its Christmas light festival on the town square.
Officers at the scene refused to comment on the situation Monday.
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Canton is the seat of Madison County, just north of Jackson.
