Golden Nugget Biloxi Casino Shooting Leaves One Dead, Suspect Held on $1M Bond

A 30-year-old Alabama man remains inwards custody this weekend after he allegedly fatally shaft another adult male on the gaming level of the Golden Nugget Biloxi Hotel & Casino ahead of time Saturday. type A Mississippi jurist place bond paper at $1 million.

Jereme Lamond John Luther Jones of Mobile River was charged with first-degree murder. John Paul Jones later was taken to Rex Harrison County Adult Detention Center. James Bond was countersink past President William Henry Harrison County Justice Margaret Court Judge Prince Albert Fountain.

The victim was later identified as Randy Johnson, 41, of Gulfport, according to WLOX, a local TV station. He died from multiple gunshot wounds, constabulary revealed in an online statement.

Emergency personnel initially treated President Andrew Johnson at the criminal offence scene. But he was stated dead at 12:56 am, a little clip after getting shot.

He was wounded at “close range,” constabulary said. Cops were for the first time notified about the incident at 12:34 am.

Biloxi police got several calls almost a shooting in the casino. The suspect had fled the area, witnesses further told cops.

Suspect Nabbed Near Bridge

A unawares clip later, local cops were able to apprehend a suspect nigh Biloxi Bay Bridge. The bridge circuit is well-nigh a stat mi from the casino.

The surmise was later identified as Jones. He was found with a side arm in his possession, police said.

Earlier, Robert Tyre Jones and Andrew Johnson got into “a physical altercation remote the casino,” police force add. Samuel Johnson so ran into the gaming property.

Jones ran after him. Casey Jones pellet and wounded him before running from the gaming property, police force said.

No Other Injuries Reported

“No other citizens were injured during the altercation and it is currently terra incognita if Bobby Jones and the Victim knew for each one other, or what led upwardly to the physical altercation,” Biloxi constabulary said inward the statement.

If convicted on the first-degree execution charge, Inigo Jones faces a sentence of living imprisonment. John Paul Jones testament potential come along before a jurist next hebdomad in a local outlaw court. It is unclear what attorney will stand for him inwards court.

Johnson is survived past II daughters and a son, WLOX said. He worked as a barber at King’s Barbershop inward Gulfport, the write up adds.

Biloxi law expect that anyone with information on the shooting to middleman police home office at (228) 435-6112. Tips can buoy also be phoned into Magnolia State Crime Stoppers (877) 787-5898, or emailed to mscoastcrimestoppers.com

The Golden Nugget inwards Biloxi is set on the Mississippi River Gulf Coast. The gaming trading floor has 1,159 slots, 49 tabulate games, and a poker game room.

Last October, the Golden Nugget was flooded and damaged during Hurricane Zeta. It was 1 of quaternary gaming properties in Biloxi that required repairs following the hurricane.