Crime
Pursuit of murder suspect ends with one dead
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A murder suspect out of East Baton Rouge who led Mississippi Gulf Coast law enforcement on a low-speed pursuit Monday is now deceased.
Eric Derell Smith, 30, was accused of fatally shooting two people and then fleeing the scene with a 4-month-old baby. The child is currently in stable condition at a Biloxi hospital, according to WLBT.
A journalist on the scene indicated that Smith was holding the baby while firing at police during the chase.
See a typo? Report it here.#BREAKING Looks like law enforcement successfully stopped this murder suspect after a chase that started in Baton Rouge.
I got word that the suspect was holding a child and firing at police as he was being chased.@WLOX pic.twitter.com/vDBjZyEQv0
— Andrés Fuentes (@news_fuentes) May 3, 2021
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