Two more people are arrested in connection with deadly shooting

TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – Two more people are arrested in connection with a deadly Tupelo shooting.

The shooting happened Tuesday night on King Street.

Investigators have charged 29-year-old Justerrica Pegues of Tupelo and 20-year-old Amari Johnson of Aberdeen with first-degree murder.

They were both denied bond.

Tupelo police believe an argument started during a drug deal and that led to the gunfire.

43-year-old Kortoris Burks has also been charged with first-degree murder in the King Street shooting.

Johnson was out on bond for a November 2020 homicide in Aberdeen.

In that case, he’s accused of killing 35-year-old Sergio James.