One Man is Dead after Shots Fired

WHEELER, Miss. (WCBI) – One man is dead after shots are fired in the Wheeler community near Booneville.

According to Prentiss County Sheriff Randy Tolar, the man in question of the shooting turned himself in Saturday morning. 911 dispatch received the call just after 10 Friday night. Police responded to 14 County Road 5121 were they found a white male dead of a gunshot wound to the chest.

At the time of the shooting the suspect fled on foot evading police through the night.