OFFICER DOWN: Beloved deputy killed with his own gun by man he was transporting for mental health evaluation
Murder
A Mississippi man was recaptured Saturday after he shot and killed a deputy and escaped custody in Simpson County a day earlier, the Clarion Ledger reported. Simpson County Deputy James Blair, 77, was transporting Steven Joaquin Blackwell, 22, from Region 8 Mental Health Center after an evaluation Friday afternoon when Blackwell grabbed the deputy’s gun, …
