Clay Co. deputies continue search for person of interest in shooting case

CLAY COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Sheriff’s deputies are still looking for 17-year-old Anthony Buchanan as a person of interest in a Clay County shooting.

Buchanan is from the Starkville area but has been spending a lot of time in the White Station Area.

Investigators want to talk with Buchanan about a shooting on RC Road Tuesday evening.

They found a 16-year-old who had been shot in the abdomen with what appeared to be a large caliber weapon.

Deputies did find a weapon at the scene that they think may have been used in the shooting.

The victim was taken to NMMC and had to have emergency surgery.

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