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Coroner identifies 2 killed in Yazoo City shooting

Officer involved in shooting, sheriff says

Coroner identifies 2 killed in Yazoo City shooting

Officer involved in shooting, sheriff says

GOOD EVENING - I'M TROY JOHNSON. WE CONTINUE TO FOLLO BREAKING NEWS - A DEADLY OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN YAZOO CITY. THE CORONER TELLS US TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING ON MOUND AND BROAD STREETS. WE SAW A CAR RIDDLED WITH BULLET HOLES AT THE LOCATION. THERE IS NO WORD YET FROM OFFICIALS ON WHAT HAPPENED - BUT THE YAZOO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAID AN OFFICER WAS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING. BUT WE SPOKE WITH A WOMAN ON THE SCENE WHO SAID HER DAUGHTER - KATRINA SIMPSON - WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE KILD. LE SHE SAYS A MAN THEY KNEW OKTO HER DAUGHTER HOSTAGE. <HE HAD ROBBED A BANK, ANDE W DIDN'T KNOW IT UNTIL TODAY. LADY SAID HE HAD ROBBED A BANK. HE HAD HER HOSTAGE IN THE CAR WHEN HE SAW THE POLICE, AND HE WOULDN'T LET HER STOP THE CAR.> SIMPSON TELLS US SHE BELIEVES THE MAN WHO TOOK HER DAUGHTER HOSTAGE, KILLED HER BEFORE POLICE SHOT HIM... AUTHORITIES WERE SUPPOSED TO GIVE US AN UPTE TDAHIS EVENING -
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Coroner identifies 2 killed in Yazoo City shooting

Officer involved in shooting, sheriff says

Two people killed in a Yazoo City officer-involved shooting have been identified. Coroner Ricky Shivers said the two killed are Katrina Simpson and Timothy Grayson. He did not have the specific ages of the deceased. Yazoo County Sheriff Jacob Sheriff was at the scene Thursday afternoon, which witnesses said was near the Jr Food Mart on Broadway Street. Sheriff confirmed that an officer was involved, but he did not give specifics. Sheriff said there was a large crowd at the scene, which law enforcement was working to disperse.The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation responded to the scene and through protocol, will likely take over the investigation. A woman who came to the scene said her daughter was one of the victims and that she had been kidnapped."He had robbed a bank, and we didn't know it until today. Lady said he had robbed a bank. He had her hostage in the car when he saw the police, and he wouldn't let her stop the car," said Leegertha Simpson.Simpson said she believes the man who took her daughter hostage killed her before police shot him.Stay with 16 WAPT News for more information as it becomes available.

Two people killed in a Yazoo City officer-involved shooting have been identified.

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Coroner Ricky Shivers said the two killed are Katrina Simpson and Timothy Grayson. He did not have the specific ages of the deceased.

Yazoo County Sheriff Jacob Sheriff was at the scene Thursday afternoon, which witnesses said was near the Jr Food Mart on Broadway Street. Sheriff confirmed that an officer was involved, but he did not give specifics. Sheriff said there was a large crowd at the scene, which law enforcement was working to disperse.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation responded to the scene and through protocol, will likely take over the investigation.

A woman who came to the scene said her daughter was one of the victims and that she had been kidnapped.

"He had robbed a bank, and we didn't know it until today. Lady said he had robbed a bank. He had her hostage in the car when he saw the police, and he wouldn't let her stop the car," said Leegertha Simpson.

Simpson said she believes the man who took her daughter hostage killed her before police shot him.

Stay with 16 WAPT News for more information as it becomes available.