The Meridian Police Department arrested Chamarion Naylor, 20, in connection with a Labor Day shooting in the 1900 block of 39th Place. Naylor has been charged with murder.
Naylor was taken into custody late Thursday night without incident in a coordinated operation involving department investigators, the SWAT Team and Gang Unit, police said.
He appeared Friday in Meridian Municipal Court, where his bond was set at $1 million.
“Our investigators acted quickly, followed every lead and worked around the clock to move this case forward,” Assistant Chief Dareall Thompson said.
Anyone with additional information about the case is encouraged to contact the Meridian, Mississippi, Police Department.
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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