Man shot at MS Dollar General, suspect detained
MOUNT PLEASANT, Miss. — A man is in the hospital Sunday afternoon after being shot in the parking lot of a Marshall County Dollar General.
The shooting happened around 2 p.m in Mount Pleasant, Mississippi.
The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department detained a person in connection to the shooting, so they say there is no longer a threat to the community.
Early indications are that the suspect was trying to carjack a customer and end up shooting the victim multiple times in the chest. Minutes after the shooting, law enforcement was on scene and was able to detain the suspect.
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Surveillance footage was pivotal in the investigation and it showed detectives everything that happened leading up to the shooting.
The victim was airlifted to a Memphis area hospital in critical condition. He is still alive as of Sunday afternoon.
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