Local authorities are searching for the person responsible for the shooting death of a man this weekend.
At about 9 p.m. Sunday night, officers with the Greenville Police Department received a call in reference to a shooting in the 400 block of Mississippi 1 S., according to assistant police chief Michael Merchant.
Officers found a 22-year-old black male, who was identified as Garland Jackson, laying in the parking lot of Wash-N-Go.
“Emergency medical personnel responded and the Washington County Corner was notified, at which time the victim was pronounced deceased,” he said.
Merchant said Garland’s death is being investigated as a homicide and officers are following up on all leads.
“We will provide more information as it becomes available,” he said.
Anyone with more information is asked to call the Greenville Police Department at 662-378-1515 or CrimeStoppers at 662-378-8477, or by using the P3 Tips app.
