Suspect connected to Saturday’s shooting death appears in court

Published 9:56 am Monday, June 29, 2020

***Updated*** Judge Angela Carpenter set a $100,000 bond on Jones-White earlier Monday.

 

A Vicksburg woman facing manslaughter charges in connection to a shooting death Saturday is making her initial court appearance this morning in Vicksburg Municipal Court.

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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 is charged with shooting McCoy in a room at Oyo Hotel on South Frontage Road.

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.

This story will be updated after the results of the initial court appearance are available.