Open Modal
  • Home
  • Shows
    • Weekdays
    • Weekends
    • Weekend Program Schedule
  • Events
  • Podcasts
    • Catholic Cemeteries Association
    • The Talk Of Connecticut
  • Contests
    • Contests
    • Contest Rules
    • Contest Rules- Patriot Bucks
  • More
    • Contact Us
MENU
  • Home
  • Shows
    • Weekdays
    • Weekends
    • Weekend Program Schedule
  • Events
  • Podcasts
    • Catholic Cemeteries Association
    • The Talk Of Connecticut
  • Contests
    • Contests
    • Contest Rules
    • Contest Rules- Patriot Bucks
  • More
    • Contact Us

One person dead, five others injured in shooting at Mississippi Mudbug Festival

May 2, 2022 Staff
  • News Daypop
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Reddit
  • +1
  • Pocket
  • LinkedIn
shutterstock_1019775253-1

Authorities said that one person was killed and five others were injured when multiple shooters opened fire Saturday at the Mississippi Mudbug Festival in Jackson, Mississippi. The person who died is suspected to have been one of the shooters and was shot by a law enforcement officer responding to the scene at the state fairgrounds.

The incident occurred around 10 p.m. Saturday during the Second Annual Mississippi Mudbug Festival in Jackson. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said other people injured were hospitalized in stable condition Sunday morning, including a police officer. Jones posted on Twitter early Sunday morning the injured “appear to be stable at this time and don’t appear to be directly involved in the shooting or circumstances that led to the shooting.”  Four victims were taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center for treatment, Jones said.

The second annual Mudbug Festival was billed as a family fun event with live bands, carnival rides and a crawfish boil and eating contest. This year’s Mudbug Festival featured musical headliners, including Blue Oyster Cult and Laine Hardy. Blues musician Bobby Rush had been scheduled to close out the festival with a performance Sunday night. Sunday’s events at the Mississippi Mudbug Festival, which was supposed to be the festival’s final day, were canceled.

Recovered at the scene were two rifles, one pistol and a “large magnitude of different-caliber shell casings.” Two juveniles were detained, but no charges have been filed in the incident, authorities said. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is assisting in the probe due to an officer being involved in the shooting.

Editorial credit Fer Gregory / Shutterstock.com

Leave a Reply Cancel Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes:

<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

Previous Story
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry listed as ‘day-to-day’; will miss first two games of series against NY Rangers
Next Story
U.S. Marshals service offers $10,000 reward for information on escaped Alabama inmate and corrections officer

Site

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us
  • Streaming Help
  • EEO Report
  • WMMW Public File
  • WDRC Public File
  • WSNG Public File

Info

  • VIP Club
  • Contests
  • Events

News

  • Community Calendar
  • Podcasts
WDRC-AM – Bloomfield, CT © 2025 Powered by OneCMS™ | Served by InterTech Media LLC
Are you still listening?
3628718297
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)
4629d4c02378da07cbf178ed8f8ced53f0d0d61a
1
Loading...