Friday, February 7, 2025

Murder in Ridgeland

The Ridgeland Police Department issued the following statement. 

On Friday morning, February 7, 2025, at 1:53AM, Ridgeland Police Department responded to the Pinebrook Apartment Complex (107 Pine Knoll Drive, Ridgeland, Mississippi), in reference to an individual sustaining a gunshot wound to the head. Upon arrival, officers made contact with Dannquarious Deuntea Byest, age 23. Officers entered the apartment and encountered Autumn Diane Brookae Shanks, age 21, in the bedroom deceased.



 

Byest has been charged with First Degree Murder and will be held with no bond at the Madison County Detention Center. 

 Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and loved ones of Ms. Shanks. Law enforcement feels the weight of such a tragic loss and we mourn alongside this family.

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wonder why Ridgeland PD didn’t pull his weaves out before the booking the way Rankin does?

Anonymous said...

Judge not less you be judged!!! Innocent until proven guilty folks!

Anonymous said...

If found guilty I think he should be castrated and give ya lobotomy to prevent him from doing any more harm.

Dust Off Old Sparky said...

This is why our Mayor Mary in Madison didn't allow apartments from day 1. These apartments are very close to County Line Road/Mule Jail Road. See a pattern? Who is the fool who gave him those names? I guess the young lady didn't give him what he so selfishly demanded so he capped her.

Anonymous said...

About to get a taste of Madison County justice!

Anonymous said...

Both went to Terry HS.

Professionally_Sketchy_Guy said...

There hasn't been a single positive story in the news from Pine Knoll Drive in the 40 years I've been alive.

Anonymous said...

When anger management doesn't work.

Anonymous said...

3:22 Only other person in apartment & police can tell at a crime scene whether suicide or murder! A life is gone end of story.

Looks Very Guilty said...

If it happened near County Line Road it's guilty unless proven innocent (highly unlikely).

Anonymous said...

@3:22 keep reading on for your quoting of scripture. Romans 13:3-4.

Anonymous said...

Now, taxpayers get to raise him the next 20 years.

Anonymous said...

I believe there is a new subdivision development in Ridgeland close to where this occurred.
https://www.northsidesun.com/construction-starts-new-subdivision-development-ridgeland

Anonymous said...

Instead of knocking off his girl - for whatever reason - he should have started first with whatever individual gave him that name; hell, he's had to live with that for a couple of decades.

Anonymous said...

3:29. Apartments aren't the problem. Bad tenants are the problem. Which of course, the federal government forces owners to accept.

Anonymous said...

7:00 no, no, no, if convicted his ass will be on a flight to Cecot, the Maximum Security Prison in El Salvador. The President is contracting places out of the County to house these real bad criminals(including american citizens at a very low cost!) These fools better keep up with current events. Nobody is playing with y’all ignorant criminal asses!

Anonymous said...

3:29 that shigity is about to change!

Anonymous said...

8:04, your circular reasoning came right back around to apartments being a problem

Anonymous said...

3:22, go ahead and judge me; Dannquarious Deuntea is guilty as hell

Anonymous said...

@7:23, Nah, the name never was any obstacle since he doubtless had a nickname given him by family and his brother hood rats. Maybe he was known as “Pookie” or “Skeeter” or even “Toohooboo,” but “Dannquarious Deuntea,” I’ll wager the only place that was ever used was on a birth certificate.

Anonymous said...

Well, that's a shame. He probably won't get to watch Super Bowl LIX.

Anonymous said...

@329. Mary nearly allowed apartments to be built. The land was plotted and ready to build when word leaked and the public spoke out. After that, the apartments were banned for-ev-er!

Anonymous said...

An equally-great threat to the area, is the FLIGHT SCHOOL. I've gotten several texts, today, saying the planes are flying well below the legal limit (there's cloud cover, and they're flying UNDER the clouds). Disgusted with the noise, people fleeing Jackson, and renting homes in Reservoir-area neighborhoods, have stopped shopping for homes in Madison/Ridgeland, and are shopping for homes & jobs in far-distant parts of the country.

Rumor is, that the noise is part of an Aggression-by-Proxy ploy, by the Carpetbagger Dynasties out of Jackson, to drive people farther out into Madison County, onto land their forebears bought, long ago, back when they were boogleggers and brothelkeepers.




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