A Mississippi neighborhood is mourning the lack of a sheriff’s deputy after he was shot and killed whereas responding to a home name Sunday night.
Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones recognized the slain deputy as 37-year-old Martin Shields, Jr., in a Fb put up.
Shields had been with the Hinds County Sheriff’s Workplace for about 9 months, however “his regulation enforcement profession extends past being employed with the HCSO,” the sheriff stated. Memorial posts on social media confirmed earlier employment with the Mississippi Division of Corrections and the Jackson Police Division.
Shields’ father retired from HCSO as a captain, in line with the Jackson Fallen Firefighters Memorial Basis.
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Hinds County Sheriff’s Deputy Martin Shields, Jr., 37, (pictured above throughout his tenure on the Jackson, Mississippi, Police Division) was shot and killed whereas responding to a home name on Sunday. (Metropolis of Jackson – Authorities / Fb)
Restricted particulars can be found, however Jones had stated a few hours earlier that there was a “very critical state of affairs” going down within the 15000 block of Halfway Street in Terry, Mississippi, which is roughly 15 miles southwest of Jackson.Â
Two deputies, Shields and an unidentified Hinds County deputy, have been responding to a home name at a residence on the aforementioned handle. Jones stated he heard the opposite deputy come throughout the radio calling for “photographs fired” and made his technique to the scene on Halfway Street.
A “Be On the Lookout” alert was issued Sunday night for Eric Brown, 42, who was “needed for questioning relating to the state of affairs on Halfway Street” and was thought of armed and harmful. The alert was canceled someday earlier than 10 p.m. when police stated there was not an lively risk.
A Fb put up made at about 10:19 p.m. introduced the deputy’s demise and in addition stated an “unidentified Black male topic believed to be associated to the decision” was discovered lifeless inside the house on Halfway Street. It was not acknowledged if that individual was Brown.
Eric Brown, 42, was the topic of a “Be On the Lookout” alert on Sunday after a Hinds County sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed whereas responding to a home name. (Hinds County Sheriff’s Workplace)
The investigation into the capturing stays lively and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is aiding.
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Jones wrote a heartfelt tribute to Shields on his skilled Fb web page early Monday morning, sharing that the 2 males had simply responded to a capsized boat collectively earlier within the day. He stated that whereas he was responding to the “photographs fired” name, he paged Shields a number of occasions with no reply.
“The deputy who known as ‘photographs fired’ was in survival mode as a result of state of affairs however nonetheless carried out very heroic acts. My coronary heart sank as I rushed to the scene, not getting a response from the fallen deputy. Simply previous to my arrival, I discovered that he had been shot and was clearly deceased,” Jones wrote, including there was an “outpouring of help” on the scene.
He stated Shields “died a hero” and “whereas responding to a name for service to help somebody in want.”
“He fulfilled his project and his God-given mission on earth. Pray for his household, his buddies, the various lives he touched, and the women and men of the HCSO as all of us put together for a closing salute,” he wrote. “There’s completely no means I may ever think about or put together to inform a household their deputy is not going to be coming dwelling from their tour of responsibility. Nonetheless, tragically, I discovered myself in that state of affairs late this night.”
Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones wrote a heartfelt tribute to slain Deputy Martin Shields, Jr., saying that he “died a hero” and “whereas responding to a name for service to help somebody in want.” (Operating 4 Heroes/Fb)
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Shields’ demise marks the newest killing in a lethal weekend for regulation enforcement throughout the nation.
Two Virginia Seaside cops died Saturday morning after they have been each shot whereas conducting a visitors cease late Friday night time.
In Pennsylvania, West York Borough Patrolman Andrew Duarte was shot and killed whereas responding to an lively shooter at UPMC Memorial Hospital on Saturday morning.
Fox Information Digital has reached out to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones.
