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Corlunda Syemesha McGinister
Case # :1673
Gender : Female
Age : 21
Race : Black
Date : 12/21/2022
Location : 200 Marketplace Dr
City : Richland
County : Rankin
State : Mississippi
Agency : Richland PD
Officer(s) :Coty Hamilton
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police while holding woman hostage in Walmart
Disposition : No known charges
Open Records Summary :
Corlunda McGinister may have had a mental health crisis when she wandered into a Walmart, held a woman hostage, waved a gun and kept repeating that she needed to talk to a news anchor. Police arrived and shot and killed her. It is unclear what she was upset about that she wanted to discuss in the news.
Source Links :
https://www.wapt.com/article/hostage-situation-video-richland-walmart-police-shooting/42328303
https://www.kark.com/crime/one-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-at-mississippi-walmart/