Monroe County Sheriff’s Office investigates shooting
MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate an overnight shooting that left two people injured and one in jail.
23-year-old Kennedy Joshua Boyd of Saltillo was charged with two counts of aggravated assault.
Bond has not been set and he remains in the Monroe County jail.
According to Sheriff Kevin Crooke, the incident happened on the edge of Monroe County near Smokies on 45 Alternate at about 10 p.m. on Sunday.
That’s on Jacobi Lane in Monroe County but near Okolona.
Crook said the private property is often rented out to host events.
One person was driven to a Tupelo hospital. The other was flown there by a helicopter and had been shot multiple times.
Boyd was later arrested near Saltillo.
