Tupelo police arrested Malik Huddleston, 21, on Jan. 6 after a shooting on Kirksey Circle. Officers responded around 7:52 a.m. after receiving reports of a gunshot and located an adult victim at North Mississippi Medical Center with a serious but non-life-threatening injury.
Investigators reviewed video footage from surveillance cameras, including those operated by the Tupelo Housing Authority, through the department’s Real-Time Command Center and Fusus system.
Huddleston was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. On Jan. 8, Tupelo Municipal Court Judge Allen ordered him held without bond. The case will be presented to the Lee County grand jury, police said.
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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