No arrests made in Durant shooting 11-03-2009

 

DURANT WAS THE SCENE OF A FATAL SHOOTING TUESDAY NIGHT. THE DURANT POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A CALL AROUND 5:45 PM THAT A BLACK MALE WAS SHOT IN A FAMILY DOLLAR PARKING LOT. WITNESSES SAY A BLACK MAN RAN FROM THE SCENE AFTER THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. OFFICERS PICKED UP ONE SUSPECT, AND THEN PICKED UP THREE MORE. THE MAN SHOT WAS FROM GOODMAN, MISSISSIPPI. "THEY FOUND THE 29-YEAR-OLD BLACK MAN FROM GOODMAN, MISSISSIPPI. THEY TOOK HIM TO UMC MEDICAL IN LEXINGTON. THEY FOUND HIM ALONE IN HIS CAR," SAID JOHN HAINES, DURANT CHIEF INVESTIGATOR. OFFICERS TOOK D-N-A SAMPLES FROM EVIDENCE FOUND AT THE SCENE, AND SENT IT TO THE STATE CRIME LAB. THE NAMES OF THE SUSPECTS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED AT THIS TIME. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE DURANT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS STILL INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.