Death by Cop- 2022

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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/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-kill-corlunda-mcginister-woman-holding-hostage-walmart-richland-mississippi/

https://www.wlbt.com/2023/01/04/richland-officer-involved-deadly-officer-involved-shooting-back-duty/

https://www.wapt.com/article/rankin-county-coroner-responding-to-officer-involved-shooting-at-richland-walmart/42312226