Autopsy: Man died from gunshot wound to head
Source: The Hattiesburg Amerrican
Lici Beveridge , Breaking News Reporter 4:31 p.m. CST November 28, 2016
The man killed in an officer-involved shooting died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to Forrest County Coroner Butch Benedict.
The body of 23-year-old Jerome Harmon was sent to state crime lab in Jackson for an autopsy and will be returned to Hattiesburg on Tuesday.
Harmon died around 9 p.m. Friday at Forrest General Hospital.
Around 1 p.m. Friday, a Hattiesburg police officer spotted someone driving down the road who appeared to be a suspect in a burglary and credit card fraud, Hattiesburg police spokesman Lt. Jon Traxler said.
Read more: http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/crime/2016/11/28/autopsy-man-died-gunshot-wound-head/94568686/
From a few years back:
First Name: JEROME
Last Name: HARMON
Middle Name: CHRISTOPHER
Gender: Male
Race: Black
Arrest Date: 2012-06-17 12:00:00
Age: 20
Address: HATTIESBURG, MS
City: HATTIESBURG
State: Mississippi
County: Forrest
Zip: 39401
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Weight: 145 lbs
Height: 5' 10"
Agency: HATTIESBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT
Booking Date: 2012-06-17 15:24:00
Birth Year: 1992
Gee, I wonder why he "appeared" to be a suspect. Hattiesburg, MS, is a city of 46,000. Seems a little large to be a town "where everybody knows everybody else." And why hasn't the officer involved been identified yet?
It's happened again, America!
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