Bond placed on suspect connected to Saturday’s fatal shooting

Published 12:06 pm Monday, June 29, 2020

A Vicksburg woman connected to the Saturday shooting death of a Vicksburg man appeared in court early Monday.

Cassondra Rochelle Jones-White, 30, of Vicksburg, was arrested at her Cain Ridge Road home in connection with the death of Quinterrious McCoy, 23. She was charged with manslaughter in shooting McCoy in a room at Oyo Hotel on South Frontage Road.

During Jones-White’s initial court appearance Monday, Vicksburg Municipal Judge Angela Carpenter placed a $100,000 bond on Jones-White and ordered her case held over to the next grand jury. Jones-White will be held at the Warren County Jail.

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According to reports from the Vicksburg Police Department, officers were called to the hotel just after 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Once there, they found McCoy dead from multiple gunshot wounds.

Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey pronounced McCoy dead at the scene. The shooting death marked the fifth homicide of the year in Vicksburg, and second in a week.

About Tim Reeves

Tim Reeves, and his wife Stephanie, are the parents of three children, Sarah Cameron, Clayton and Fin, who all attend school in the Vicksburg Warren School District. The family are members of First Baptist Church Vicksburg. Tim is involved in a number of civic and volunteer organizations including the United Way of West Central Mississippi and serves on the City of Vicksburg's Riverfront Redevelopment Committee.

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