Incident

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8-25-2018 Mississippi Philadelphia 3-1

Location

August 25, 2018

CEFCO

Incident Address

Philadelphia, Mississippi

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Jeremy Apperson
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Megan Staats
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Female
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Armed Robbery
Name: Robert Leon Jackson
Age: 30
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Defensive Use
Defensive Use - Crime occurs, victim shoots subject/suspect/perpetrator
Defensive Use - Good Samaritan/Third Party
Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)
Armed robbery with injury/death and/or evidence of DGU found
Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person

Notes

vics include female employee of convenience store; DGU by Apperson and bystander

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: http://www.meridianstar.com/news/killed-in-philadelphia-gas-station-shooting/article_33772b02-a953-11e8-8d60-4346119831cd.html

URL: http://www.wtok.com/content/news/Update--491763391.html

URL: https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2018/08/27/2-dead-after-mississippi-convenience-store-shooting/1115295002/

District

Congressional District: 3
State Senate District: 18
State House District: 44