Crime

18-year-old murder suspect receives a $4 million bond

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November 22, 2023

Keith Phillips

L-RR Deputy Chief Troy Kimble, Perrion Johnson Chief Penny Jones and Lieutenant Claude Billings in back: Photo from VPD

L-R Deputy Chief Troy Kimble, Perrion Johnson Chief Penny Jones and Lieutenant Claude Billings in back: Photo from VPD

Last updated: March 27, 2026

VICKSBURG, Miss. (VDN) —

A man given $4 million bond in a July homicide has been brought back to Mississippi to face a court date.

Perrion Johnson, 18, of Vicksburg fled to Austin, Texas, where he was arrested on Wednesday, November 8. 2023. He was extradited back to Mississippi and appeared before Judge Penny Lawson in Vicksburg Municipal Court on Wednesday, November 22, 2023. He has been charged with Murder, Drive-By-Shooting, three counts of Aggravated Assault and Shooting into an Establishment, resulting from an incident on Harrison Street on July 18, 2023, in which 22-year-old Preston Wilson was killed.

Johnson’s bond was set at $4,000,000 and he was bound over to the Warren County Grand Jury.

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Keith Phillips

Keith Phillips is the Vicksburg Daily News Sports Editor. He has been on staff since October 2019 where he was part-time until becoming full-time in 2020. Keith is a Vicksburg native and graduate of Vicksburg High School and the University of Southern Mississippi. In his years with VDN, he has covered multiple stories including sports, human interest and crime(courtroom).

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18-year-old murder suspect receives a $4 million bond

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