MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Coahoma County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) said a man held a child at gunpoint after killing a 9-year-old girl and a 1-year-old boy in an overnight shooting at an apartment complex in the 300 block of Coldwater River Road in Jonestown, Mississippi, on Monday, Jan. 9.
Jonestown is just a little over an hour away from Memphis.
According to CCSO, Marquez Griffin, 25, was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault.
CCSO said at 2 a.m. an off-duty sheriff responded to a call that said a child was shot.
Once the off-duty sheriff and other sheriff deputies made the scene, they saw a man holding a child at gunpoint, CCSO said.
According to CCSO, deputies were able to talk the man down, and the child was safely released. The CCSO made an immediate arrest.
Deputies said after making the arrest, they discovered two children, a 9-year-old and a 1-year-old, who suffered from gunshot wounds.
According to sheriffs, one of the children was pronounced dead on the scene. the other child was taken to the emergency room in Clarksdale, Mississippi, which is 16 minutes away from Jonestown. Unfortunately, the child did not survive.
Griffin is being held in custody at the Coahoma County Adult Detention Center.
