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Javaris Greene

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5th suspect in shootings charged

Fri,02/07/25-2:00AM, 26,670 Reads
Greenwood police have arrested and charged a fifth suspect in connection with the killing of a woman and her infant child in October.
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Laderris West

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Man charged in motel shooting

By KEVIN EDWARDS KEVIN EDWARDS - Staff Writer
Thu,01/05/23-2:00AM, 26,548 Reads
A 24-year-old woman has been hospitalized after being shot in the head following a fight between two men at a Greenwood motel on Tuesday.
Police Chief Terrence Craft said Laderris O. West, 25, 418 St. Charles St., has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault.
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A crowd gathers on U.S. 49 Tuesday night between Sidon and Cruger as officials investigate the scene of a fatal shooting.

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1 killed, 1 injured in shooting on US 49

Tue,10/25/22-8:40PM, 26,519 Reads
One person was killed and another wounded in a shooting Tuesday night on U.S. 49 between Sidon and Cruger, Leflore County Coroner Debra Sanders said.
Sanders said two people were shot in a vehicle. The wounded person was airlifted to University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. The other was declared dead at the scene.
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Robert Earl Pritchett Jr.

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Greenwood man charged with 2 counts of capital murder, 1 count of aggravated assault

By KEVIN EDWARDS KEVIN EDWARDS - Staff Writer
Thu,09/14/23-11:52AM, 26,410 Reads
A man believed by authorities to have killed his wife and brother-in-law late Saturday has turned himself in.
Robert Earl Pritchett Jr., 32, arrived at the Leflore County Sheriff’s Department at 1 a.m. Tuesday morning and was being held Thursday at the Leflore County Jail, Investigator Michael Baldwin said.
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