BRANDON, Miss. (AP) - Authorities in Rankin County are investigating the fatal shooting of a Hinds County deputy and his wife.
Sheriff Bryan Bailey says in a news release the victims were Chris Smith and his wife, Amber. He says an autopsy will be conducted
Bailey says the bodies were found in a bedroom about 9 p.m. Wednesday by deputies responding to a 911 call of shots fired. He says deputies were met at the door to the home by the couple’s two small children.
Bailey says one child told deputies she heard the parents arguing and when they went into the bedroom they heard two shots. A pistol was found at the scene.
He says the children are with their grandmother.
Smith had been with Hinds sheriff’s department since 1994.
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