Armed men shot, robbed spring break visitor

Published 11:18 pm Thursday, April 13, 2017

BILOXI (AP) — Police want the public’s help to find two men who shot and robbed a spring break visitor Sunday in a hotel parking lot.

The suspects used semi-automatic handguns early Sunday in the parking lot behind the Hampton Inn on Beach Boulevard, also known as U.S. 90, Investigator Tom Lamb said.

The wounded man is a 27-year-old Jackson resident who was in town for the Biloxi Black Beach Weekend, he said. “The victim didn’t know them,” Lamb said.

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The wounded man told police two men confronted him in the parking lot about 1:25 a.m. Sunday. They demanded money and each of them fired a shot at him when he tried to get away.

One of the bullets went through the man’s leg, Lamb said. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Police provided pictures of a getaway car that appears to be a dark, four-door model resembling a Chrysler 200, Lamb said.