The Jackson Police Department issued more information about a deadly crash on Ridgewood Road that happened in August:
On August 25, 2017, Jackson Police Officers responded to 6024 Lake Trace Cir. regarding a shooting. Upon officers’ arrival, they observed a silver SUV fleeing the residence at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was being driven by Megan Durr and the front seat passenger was later identified as Marcus Lockett-38. It was later learned that Lockett had sustained at least one gunshot wound to the upper torso while allegedly involved in a physical altercation with his girlfriend, Ms. Durr at the residence. Ms. Durr was attempting to transport him to the hospital when she lost control of the vehicle on Ridgewood Rd. near Fontaine Dr. striking a tree. Both occupants were ejected from the vehicle and pronounced deceased on scene. Ms. Durr died as a result of blunt force trauma, and Mr. Lockett suffered blunt force trauma injuries in addition to the gunshot wound.Poor kid. Did the right thing and his mother dies anyway.
During the course of the investigation, it was learned that Ms. Durr’s son, 15 years of age, allegedly shot Mr. Lockett during the physical domestic altercation. He was questioned and later released, pending the outcome of a Hinds County Grand Jury decision.
A recently released autopsy report and medical examiner’s ruling, ruled Mr. Lockett’s death a homicide from a gunshot to the arm. An arrest at this point is not expected and the findings of this investigation will be presented to the Hinds County Grand Jury. This brings Jackson’s homicide total to 54 for 2017.
13 comments:
First of all, awful story and sorry to hear it.
But what caught my eye was Ridgewood at Fontaine. Wonder if the massive potholes going up the hill right there had anything to do with her losing control of her vehicle? My steering wheel tries to come out of my hands as I'm navigating the swales and divots going through that stretch, and I'm not hauling a$$ like she was.
Maybe so on Fontaine, but no longer on Ridgewood. Nice new surface being completed - Praise the Lord and pass the chicken.
@Kingfish we need you to do some digging on the Kuebler case http://wjtv.com/2017/11/14/evidence-missing-from-2010-shooting-death-case-assistant-district-attorney-says/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WJTV_12_News
Gunshot wound to the arm and blunt force trauma after being ejected from a vehicle during a crash and the medical examiner rules it a homicide from the gunshot to the arm. That makes no sense. This is not a homicide.
Nothing is said here about 'protecting the mother'. Where's the story?
So your mom is getting beat up by her boyfriend and you decided to grab a gun- wrong answer kid. Ms. Durr's son need to be charged with manslaughter. Bringing a gun into an argument between your mom and her boyfriend cause a chain of events that YOU are responsible for. I hate that she died but you need to be held responsible for your actions.
10:27am
Not so much potholes but the huge dips and sways of the roadway going up the hill certainly disrupted the vehicle at a high rate of speed. The vehicle likely "launched" unevenly due to how the dips are angled.
10:51am
There is no new surface on Ridgewood near Fontaine
homicide simply means a human being died at the hands of another human being. it is not automatically a crime. the ME finds the "cause and manner of death" but do not decide if a crime has been committed.
He do not? (sic)
A recently released autopsy report and medical examiner’s ruling, ruled Mr. Lockett’s death a homicide from a gunshot to the arm.
Do they think the car wreck might have had a little to do with his death?
5:05, it's a technical thing. Gunshot wound resulted in driving to hospital. Driving recklessly led to mvc. Mvc led to ejection, which resulted in death. Human-inflicted injury causes chain of events leading to death: cause of death = homicide.
First, one can easily die from a gunshot to the arm if a major artery is hit. Presumably a person suffering such a wound could then be in a car accident and continue to die from the original wound. Whether that was the case here is a fact to be determined by the investigators and medical examiner, not the internet.
Second, using deadly force in defense of others is generally appropriate and legally justified (under the legal principles of AOJ and disparity of force) when the person being defended and/or the defender are under potentially deadly assault, regardless of whether weapons were previously involved. Whether that was the case here is a fact to be determined by the investigators, not the internet.
Not only is deadly force appropriate and legally justified, it is the right thing to do.
We have too many thugs. We need to thin the herd.
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