Coroner: Father, son shot dead on Mississippi highway

Published 9:49 pm Tuesday, November 28, 2017

ROLLING FORK (AP) — Officials say a father and son have died following a shooting that shut down all lanes of traffic on a Mississippi highway.

Sharkey County Coroner Angela Eason says the bodies of 47-year-old Alex Jennings Sr. and 26-year-old Alex Jennings Jr. were found shot to death in a car on Mississippi Hwy. 16.

News outlets report they were shot several times in Rolling Fork on Monday. Their bodies were taken to the state crime lab for an autopsy.

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Officials told The Clarion-Ledger that another person was shot and taken to a hospital. Further details on the third victim have not been released.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation says a person of interest is in custody, but that person has not been charged.