A 20-year-old woman was shot during a domestic altercation at the Medina at Mallard Creek Apartments in Horn Lake, according to the Horn Lake Police Department. Officers were dispatched at approximately 8:28 a.m. Tuesday to 7197 Mallard Creek after a report that someone had been shot.
Police said the woman’s boyfriend, identified as 20-year-old Cortez Bradford of Horn Lake, fired a shot that struck her near the upper hip. She was taken to Regional One Trauma Center in Memphis in critical condition and was later listed as stable at Regional One Medical Center.
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Bradford was arrested at the scene and charged with aggravated domestic assault and possession of a stolen weapon. Investigators located and seized the weapon used in the shooting.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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