ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY FRIDAY | JULY 14, 2017 Child killed in apparent accidental shooting BY ISABELLE ALTMAN lumbus, died from a gunshot mation Officer Joe Dillon said. release states, but investigators Although Dillon said the
[email protected] wound at a residence on Flor- A CPD press release identi- determined the two children shooting looks to be acciden- ence Street in east Columbus. fied the weapon involved in the were not arguing or fighting at tal in nature, the CPD release Lowndes County Coroner Officers with the Columbus incident as an Anderson Man- the time of the incident. states the case will be presented Greg Merchant has released Police Department were called ufacturing AM-15 5.56 caliber The release also said the ri- to the Lowndes County grand the name of a child killed in an to the home just about 4 p.m. on rifle. fle’s owner was out of town on jury at a later date. apparent accidental shooting reports several children were A 13-year-old related to business, but his wife was at No charges have been filed, Thursday. playing with a gun when it was Morris is believed to have acci- home at the time of the shoot- and Merchant said an autopsy Lagarius Morris, 12, of Co- discharged, City Public Infor- dentally fired the weapon, the ing. will be conducted Friday. A refuge for children Sales tax collections mixed in area Monthly collections up in Columbus, Starkville; down in West Point BY ALEX HOLLOWAY
[email protected] The Golden Triangle’s three pri- mary cities posted a mixed bag for sales tax results in May.