Incident

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8-08-2024 Mississippi Summit 3-1

Location

August 08, 2024

W Railroad Ave and Baldwin St
Summit, Mississippi

Participants

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Officer Troy Floyd
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Officer Joey Roberts
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Officer Tyler Harvey
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Usher Leonard
Age: 25
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
Officer Involved Shooting - Officer killed
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
Police Targeted
Drive-by (car to street, car to car)
Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person

Notes

One officer killed, second injured, and suspect killed in OIS near grocery store; alt address Hwy-51 and Robb St; officers were working a checkpoint near W Railroad Ave when a suspect shot and killed Floyd and two responding officers were injured; near Piggly Wiggly; graduated HS in '91

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.era-leader.com/local-content-crime-top-stories/two-police-officers-wounded-summit-66b5269262a66

URL: https://www.wtva.com/news/mississippi/police-officer-and-1-other-person-fatally-shot-in-mississippi-2-other-officers-wounded/article_5f49abdc-c8bf-5c22-a4be-ea1557be43e2.html

URL: https://www.wlbt.com/2024/08/08/officer-suspect-killed-during-shooting-summit-mississippi/

District

Congressional District: 3
State Senate District: 38
State House District: 98