Three Itta Bena men have been charged with murder in the Sunday night shooting death of a Leflore County High School student, and a fourth suspect is being sought.
Cedric Cross, 19, 301 Sunflower Road; Devonte Demond Williams, 18, 224 Lincoln St.; and Andraus Griggs, 18, 105 Nelson Drive, remained in the Leflore County Jail this morning in connection with the death of 17-year-old Knicholas Bradley.
All three also were charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling, according to the Leflore County Sheriff’s Department.
A fourth suspect, Demarcio Baines, whose age and address were not available, remains at large.
In another related incident, Marvin Warren has been charged with aggravated assault in the Saturday night beating of Dextrice Cross.
Warren has also been charged as an accessory before the fact in shooting into a dwelling and with attempted arson. He is in custody.
Two other suspects in the beating of Cross — Lezerick Wilburn, and his cousin, Jacques Wilburn — remain at large, Leflore County Sheriff Ricky Banks said.
Bradley was shot while he sat in a chair in a residence at 201 Rainey Alley around 10:45 p.m. Sunday.
That shooting was preceded by a gunfight outside the H&H Club around 8 p.m. Sunday.
Two men, Claude James and Devontae McGee, were wounded in that shooting. They were taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
At around 10:20 a.m. Sunday, a complainant stated that the three men involved in the beating of Cross threatened to shoot up her residence.
At around 2:15 a.m. Monday, shots were fired into a residence at 224 Lincoln St. Also an incendiary device was thrown against the residence in an unsuccessful attempt to burn it down.
Banks said it is likely that Baines and the Wilburns have left the state in an attempt to avoid capture. The sheriff said he would be in contact with the U.S. Marshals Service in an attempt to track them down.
The sheriff said he would see whether the Greenwood-Leflore-Carroll Crime Stoppers would offer rewards for information leading to the suspects’ capture.
• Contact Bob Darden at 581-7239 or bdarden@gwcommonwealth.com.
