Location

May 05, 2023

The Scratch Kitchen & Bar
1013 Government St
Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Wounded/Injured
• Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
• Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)
• Bar/club incident - in or around establishment
• Gang involvement

Notes

Cinco de Mayo party 200+; suspect ran past security and into the club and started shooting; Alt sp Fa’Darius; gang affiliation; victim killed was employee at Scratch Kitchen for special event;

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

• Type: Unknown

Sources

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• URL: https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article275128101.html

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• URL: https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/one-killed-in-mass-shooting-at-mississippi-restaurant/article_6c789646-ec21-11ed-bca7-dbee2c6aa42e.html

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• URL: https://www.fox10tv.com/2023/05/06/one-dead-six-injured-downtown-ocean-springs-mass-shooting/

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• URL: https://www.wlox.com/2023/05/09/suspect-identified-ocean-springs-mass-shooting/

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• URL: https://www.fox10tv.com/2023/05/12/accused-ocean-springs-mass-shooter-agrees-return-mississippi-face-charges/

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• URL: https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article275468701.html

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• URL: https://www.wxxv25.com/mother-of-teen-killed-at-the-scratch-kitchen-files-wrongful-death-lawsuit/

District

Congressional District: 4
State Senate District: 52
State House District: 113