Video: Authorities Searching For Chickasaw County Resident In Connection With Verona Murder

VERONA, Miss. (WCBI) – Authorities are searching for the suspect in a fatal shooting of a Verona teenager .

It was around 2 Thursday afternoon, when 17 year old Lorenzo Wright Junior was standing outside a residence on Clement Street in Verona.

Witnesses say a black male in a white car shot Wright, then sped away.  The 17 year old, who lives near the crime scene, died a short time later at NMMC.

Now, Verona Police Chief J B Long says investigators have a good lead on the shooter, and they are trying to find him and get him off the streets.

“We will find him, the agency, I faxed my warrant to that county where he is a resident, they’ve been by his house, suspect was not home,knowing who he is, the type vehicle he drives, so , just a matter of time.  Well most definitely he’s dangerous, we consider him armed and dangerous, anybody who comes in contact with him, they should take extreme caution, knowing what he has done,” Chief Long said.

Thursday’s murder is the first homicide this year for Verona.  Chief Long says if anyone knows where the suspect is, they should call 911 or Crimestoppers.