Suspect Sought in Arson Incident

WEST POINT, Miss. (WCBI)-The West Point Police Department needs your help in an arson case.

This weekend just before 7 o’clock Saturday morning police responded to a female caller that said someone has lit her apartment door on fire at the Orr Court Apartment complex.

The flames had been mostly extinguished by the woman when authorities and firefighters arrived on scene.

The female reported someone grabbing lighter fluid near the back door of the apartment pouring it on door and then lighting it on fire and running away.

The woman and her small child were inside but fortunately unharmed.

If you have any information on this incident you are asked to contact the West Point Police Department of Golden Triangle Crimestoppers.