Charges Filed In Tishomingo County Officer Involved Shooting

Lionel Joseph Staton
Source: M.B.I.

TISHOMINGO COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – The man charged in a Tishomingo County officer involved shooting is in jail  facing ten charges.

Lionel Joseph Staton, 32, is charged with one count of felony fleeing, one count of aggravated assault with a vehicle, four counts of aggravated assault and four counts of aggravated assault of a police officer.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation says Staton was a suspect in an attempted robbery of a Corinth restaurant this past Saturday.

Alcorn County law enforcement followed his vehicle into Tishomingo County.

A state trooper and Tishomingo County deputies then joined the pursuit.

MBI says Staton’s vehicle was “disabled” and he ran from the vehicle with a gun.

Investigators believe the Corinth man attempted to point the gun toward officers and that’s when law enforcement fired.

Staton’s bond was set at a half million dollars.