Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Johnny Lee Nichols
Age : 51
Gender : Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/26/2022
Location : Near 2nd Street Park (Moss Point)
City : Moss Point
County : Jackson
State : Mississippi
Agency : Moss Point Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Suicide
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 11/26/2022, Johnny Lee Nichols, 51, of Moss Point, who was wanted on an attempted murder warrant related to an earlier stabbing incident in Marion County, contacted the Moss Point Police Department indicating he intended to turn himself in. When an officer met Nichols near 2nd Street Park, Nichols was armed with a firearm. Officers attempted to verbally persuade him to disarm, but Nichols then shot himself. He was taken to Singing River Hospital, where he was pronounced dead from the self-inflicted gunshot wound.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wlox.com/2022/11/26/attempted-murder-suspect-attempts-suicide-after-calling-turn-himself-police-say/
https://www.wxxv25.com/murder-suspect-shoots-himself-in-moss-point/
