10-year-old dead after shooting in Coahoma County
COAHOMA COUNTY, Miss. — A 10-year-old boy is dead after a shooting in Coahoma County, Mississippi, Sunday night.
The Coahoma County Sheriff’s Office says around 9 p.m., a 14-year-old and a 10-year-old were riding around the downtown area in Friars Point when someone shot into their vehicle.
The 10-year-old boy, identified as Al’Darius Nesbitt from Lambert, Mississippi, was struck and taken to a hospital in Clarksdale by personal vehicle, where he later died.
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Some residents told us is shocking because things like this don’t usually happen in the small town of less than 900 people.
According to a website funded by the Department of Justice, there have only been four other violent crimes committed in Coahoma County in 2023, compared to nine violent crimes reported in 2022.
Either way, the numbers are low and the fact that this situation involved a child is especially upsetting to residents we spoke with.
At this point, it’s not clear who was driving the car the children were in or where they were going.
The Coahoma County Sheriff’s Office is offering at $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects involved in the shooting. They ask anyone with information to call Investigator Major Gwen Muskin at 662-592-1395.
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