The second man involved the shooting and carjacking of a Vicksburg man has returned to Warren County from New Mexico and his bond has been set at $2 million.

Christopher A. Livingston, 24, 217 Sweetgum Lane, was charged with attempted murder and carjacking in the March 5 shooting of John Thomas, 52, in the parking lot of Blackburn Motors on North Frontage Road, Vicksburg police Capt. Sandra Williams said.

“Livingston was processed at the Vicksburg Police Department this morning,” Williams said Wednesday. He also had his initial appearance in court before Municipal Court Judge Toni Terrett Wednesday morning, she said.

Livingston had initially refused to sign a wavier of extradition, but ultimately came back to Mississippi voluntarily, District Attorney Ricky Smith said.

The Warren County DA’s office was in the process of requesting a governor’s warrant, which is where the DA would ask the governor of Mississippi to request the governor of New Mexico issue an order for Livingston to be returned to Mississippi. Smith said his office had been working closely with the attorney general’s office in Mississippi and the local district attorney’s office in New Mexico — who he said was very helpful.

Now Smith is preparing to take the next steps in the case.

“Both [men] are back now and we will go forward with the prosecution of the case,” Smith said.

Christopher Brown, 25, 10085 Oak Ridge Road, waived extradition and was brought back to Warren County from New Mexico on March 21. He was also charged with attempted murder and carjacking of Thomas, and his bond was also set at $2 million, Williams said.

She said Thomas’ condition was improving at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

Thomas was found shot and lying facedown in the parking lot of Blackburn Motors on North Frontage Road around 6:30 a.m. March 6 by a police officer on patrol in the area.

An officer in Las Cruces, New Mexico stopped Brown and Livingston nearly a week later March 12 for driving a vehicle without a license plate. It was then discovered that the 2014 silver Honda Accord the men were in belonged to Thomas.

Livingston was caught following a foot pursuit after he jumped out of the vehicle, according to information from the sheriff’s department. When arrested, Livingston initially gave authorities another name.

He is charged in New Mexico with resisting or obstructing, concealing identity, possession of methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia and receiving/transfer of a stolen vehicle. Brown faces no charges in New Mexico.

Brown and Livingston escaped from a work detail while assigned to the Mississippi Department of Corrections’ Hinds County Restitution Center in early March.

Brown was convicted of felony shoplifting in 2014 and received five years’ probation.

Livingston was convicted of malicious mischief in 2015 and was sentenced to two years with three years’ probation.