Employee charged in deadly Natchez grocery store shooting
Suspect found hiding in bathroom said he was assaulted before shooting three men
NATCHEZ, Miss. —
An altercation at a grocery store in Natchez between a group of people and a store employee escalated to a deadly shooting.
According to the Natchez Police Department, officers as well as deputies with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Southside Market on Sgt. S. Prentiss Drive Sunday around 7 p.m.
Police said Jamien Myles, 23, who worked at the store, told officers he had gotten into a verbal altercation with a group of men inside as they were checking out.
Myles told police there was another encounter between the group and himself outside as he was collecting shopping carts. He said the group assaulted him and, in retaliation, Myles said he pulled out a gun and shot three of the men.
When law enforcement responded to the grocery store, officers said they found Myles hiding in the bathroom, and they also found a gun.
Officers also found a gunshot victim inside the store and learned two other gunshot victims had been taken to a local hospital.
Police said Kenerick Wimley died from his injuries at a hospital, and the other two gunshot victims were being treated.
Myles has been charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder.
Chief Lee Best said in a press release, “This type of senseless violence has a ripple effect that changes the lives of the victims, their families and the entire community.”
On Monday, Southside Market was listed as temporarily closed online, and no one answered the phone at the store.
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