George Co. deputy, suspect dead after law enforcement chase

[sunny225]

www.wlox.com/2024/01/05/deputy-suspect-dead-following-law-enforcement-chase-george-co-perry-co/

George Co. deputy, suspect dead after law enforcement chase through 3 counties

BEAUMONT, Miss. (WLOX) - George County Sheriff’s Office has given the identity of the deputy killed by a suspect who led law enforcement on a pursuit into Perry County on Thursday.



According to a press release from GCSO, the incident took place during a traffic stop at the intersection of Highway 98 and Brushy Creek Road in Rocky Creek, George County.



During the traffic stop, a deputy with GCSO, now identified as Deputy Jeremy Malone, was shot and killed while approaching the vehicle. The suspect, who will later be identified, then fled the scene.

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*This happened just a few miles from my house. Journalism ain't what it used to be. The deputy was killed here in our county, the perp fled to another county where he was killed.

[FeralFerret]

"Journalism ain't what it used to be."


Sad but so true. Most of them couldn't have passed my high school journalism class. Even my wife who never took journalism did a better job writing and reading news stories on the radio back in the 80s than these so called professionals.

Also sad for the deputy and his family.

[sunny225]

He was married and had kids. Autopsy happening today.

[sunny225]

Update on guy who killed Deputy Malone.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-who-shot-mississippi-deputy-had-criminal-record-dating-three-decades-to-mobile-county/ar-AA1mxoKW

Man who shot Mississippi deputy had criminal record dating back 3 decades to Mobile County

LUCEDALE, Miss. (WALA) -The man accused of gunning down a sheriff’s deputy had a criminal record both in Mississippi and Alabama, records show.

Law enforcement authorities on Friday identified 43-year-old Rickey Powell as the man who shot Deputy Jeremy Malone during a traffic stop on Thursday. Law enforcement officers later shot and killed Powell in Perry County after a chase through three counties.

Powell reportedly had a criminal record in Mississippi dating to at least until 2005. Court records show he spent time at Mississippi’s Parchman State Penitentiary for auto burglary and forgery. His criminal history, in fact, goes back even further – more than three decades to when he lived in Mobile County.

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[Ozarks Tom]

Seems like someone should have shot the guy long before he shot the deputy.