Police holding one for questioning in fatal shooting at Oyo Hotel

Published 1:14 pm Saturday, June 27, 2020

By John Surratt

Vicksburg police are holding a woman for questioning in the Saturday morning shooting death of a man at the Oyo Hotel, 2390 South Frontage Road.

Vicksburg Police Department spokesman Capt. Mike Bryant said officers responded about 10:36 a.m. to a call of a shooting at the hotel. They found Quinterrious McCoy, 23, of Vicksburg, dead in one of the hotel rooms from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey. An autopsy has been ordered.

It is the fifth murder in Vicksburg in 2020.

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The shooting remains under investigation and further information will be released as it becomes available.

About John Surratt

John Surratt is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a degree in general studies. He has worked as an editor, reporter and photographer for newspapers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post staff since 2011 and covers city government. He and his wife attend St. Paul Catholic Church and he is a member of the Port City Kiwanis Club.

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